Homer and the epic cycle : recovering the oral traditional relationship

How can the ancient relationship between Homer and the Epic Cycle be recovered? Using the most significant research in the field, Andrew Porter questions many ancient and modern assumptions and offers alternative perspectives better aligned with ancient epic performance realities and modern epic studies.ISBN : 9789004455559 Contents Homer and the Epic Cycle Recovering the Oral Traditional Relationship Abstract Keywords Introduction: Getting Perspective 1 Perspective Problems: Aristotle, Proclus, and Other Writers 1.1 Aristotle 1.2 Proclus and Other Writers 1.3 Placement Problems, Compression, and Exclusions in Proclus 1.4 The Problem of the Influence of Written Epic Accounts on Our Perception of the Homeric and Cyclic Epics 2 Recent Perspectives: Reconsidering the Comparison 3 Rethinking Our Perspective: Epic Performance and Memorialization 3.1 Performance 3.3 Ancient Greek Epics as Hybrids or Composites 4 A Shared Perspective: Oral Traditional Devices and Patterns 4.1 Epithets 4.2 Flashbacks and Forecasting 4.3 Speeches (Oratio Recta) 4.4 Doublets and Patterns 4.5 Characterization 5 An Interdependent Perspective: Recovering the Relationship 5.1 Traditional Epic Uniqueness 5.2 Interdependence Works Cited "How can the ancient relationship between Homer and the Epic Cycle be recovered? Using findings from the most significant research in the field, Andrew Porter questions many ancient and modern assumptions and offers alternative perspectives better aligned with ancient epic performance realities and modern epic studies. Porter's volume addresses a number of related issues: the misrepresentation of Cyclic (and Homeric) epic by Aristotle and his inheritors; the role of the epic singer, patron/collector, and scribe/poet in the formation of memorialized songs; the relevance of shared patterns and devices and of other traditional connections between ancient epics; and the distinct fates of Homeric and Cyclic epic. 'Homer and the Epic Cycle: Recovering the Oral Traditional Relationship' provides new answers to an age-old problem."-- Provided by publisher