Narratology and Interpretation: The Content of Narrative Form in Ancient Literature (Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes Book 4)

The categories of classical narratology have been successfully applied to ancient texts in the last two decades, but in the meantime narratological theory has moved on. In accordance with these developments, __Narratology and Interpretation__ draws out the subtler possibilities of narratological analysis for the interpretation of ancient texts. The contributions explore the heuristic fruitfulness of various narratological categories and show that, in combination with other approaches such as studies in deixis, performance studies and reader-response theory, narratology can help to elucidate the content of narrative form. Besides exploring new theoretical avenues and offering exemplary readings of ancient epic, lyric, tragedy and historiography, the volume also investigates ancient predecessors of narratology. Ancient predecessors of narratology / Stephen Halliwell The theory and practice of narrative in Plato / Richard Hunter The Trojan oration of Dio Chrysostom and ancient homeric criticism / Renà NÃ1/4nlist Narratological concepts in Greek scholia Narratology : new concepts / Irene de Jong Metalepsis in ancient Greek literature / Egbert Bakker Homer, Odysseus, and the narratology of performance / Deborah Beck Speech act types, conversational exchange, and the speech representational spectrum in Homer / Jonas Grethlein Philosophical and structuralist narratologies : worlds apart Narratology and the interpretation of epic and lyric poetry / Evanthia Tsitsibakou-Vasalos Chance or design? : language and plot management in The Odyssey / Klytaimnestra %kowor lmgstÎ1/4 1lsato, Marios Skempis, Ioannis Ziogas Arete's words : etymology, ehoie-poetry and gendered narrative in The Odyssey / Lucia Athanassaki Narratology, deixis, and the performance of choral lyric : on Pindar's First Pythian Ode / Georg Danek Apollonius Rhodius as an (anti-)homeric narrator : time and space in The Argonautica / Evina Sistakou Snapshots of myth : the notion of time in hellenistic epyllion / Theodore D. Papanghelis Aeneid : time, epic and the analeptic gauntlets Narratology and the interpretation of tragedy / Francis Dunn Sophocles and the narratology of drama / Marianne Hopman Layered stories in Aeschylus's Persians / Seth L. Schein Narrative technique in the parodos of Aeschylus's Agamemnon / Anna A. Lamari Knowing a story's end : future reflexive in the tragic narrative of the Argive Expedition Against Thebes / Ruth Scodel Ignorant narrators in Greek tragedy Narratology and the interpretation of historiography / Christos C. Tsagalis Names and narrative techniques in Xenophon's Anabasis / Nikos Miltsios The perils of expectations : perceptions, suspense and surprise in Polybius's Histories / Christopher Pelling Seeing through Caesar's eyes : focalisation and interpretation / Chrysanthe Tsitsiou-Chelidoni History beyond literature : interpreting the internally focalized narrative in Livy's Ab Urbe Condita Fame's narratives : epic and historiography. Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Introduction 9 The Theory and Practice of Narrative in Plato 23 The Trojan Oration of Dio Chrysostom and Ancient Homeric Criticism 51 Narratological Concepts in Greek Scholia 71 Metalepsis in Ancient Greek Literature 95 Homer, Odysseus, and the Narratology of Performance 125 Speech Act Types, Conversational Exchange, and the Speech Representational Spectrum in Homer 145 Philosophical and Structuralist Narratologies – Worlds Apart? 161 Chance or Design? Language and Plot Management in the Odyssey. Klytaimnestra άλοχος μυηστή έμήσατο 185 Arete’s Words: Etymology, Ehoie-Poetry and Gendered Narrative in the Odyssey 221 Narratology, Deixis, and the Performance of Choral Lyric. On Pindar’s First Pythian Ode 249 Apollonius Rhodius as an (anti-)Homeric Narrator: Time and Space in the Argonautica 283 ‘Snapshots’ of Myth: The Notion of Time in Hellenistic Epyllion 301 Aeneid 5.362 – 484: Time, Epic and the Analeptic Gauntlets 329 Sophocles and the Narratology of Drama 345 Layered Stories in Aeschylus’ Persians 365 Narrative Technique in the Parodos of Aeschylus’ Agamemnon 385 Knowing a Story’s End: Future Reflexive in the Tragic Narrative of the Argive Expedition Against Thebes 407 Ignorant Narrators in Greek Tragedy 429 Names and Narrative Techniques in Xenophon’s Anabasis 459 The Perils of Expectations: Perceptions, Suspense and Surprise in Polybius’ 489 Seeing through Caesar’s Eyes: Focalisation and Interpretation 515 History beyond Literature: Interpreting the ‘Internally Focalized’ Narrative in Livy’s Ab urbe condita 535 Fame’s Narratives. Epic and Historiography 563 Backmatter 581

The categories of classical narratology have been successfully applied to ancient texts in the last two decades, but in the meantime narratological theory has moved on. In accordance with these developments, Narratology and Interpretation draws out the subtler possibilities of narratological analysis for the interpretation of ancient texts. The contributions explore the heuristic fruitfulness of various narratological categories and show that, in combination with other approaches such as studies in deixis, performance studies and reader-response theory, narratology can help to elucidate the content of narrative form. Besides exploring new theoretical avenues and offering exemplary readings of ancient epic, lyric, tragedy and historiography, the volume also investigates ancient predecessors of narratology.

Main description: The categories of classical narratology have been successfully applied to ancient texts in the last two decades, but in the meantime narratological theory has moved on. In accordance with these developments, Narratology and Interpretation draws out the subtler possibilities of narratological analysis for the interpretation of ancient texts. The articles make a contribution to the theory of narrative as well as to our understanding of ancient literature including epic, lyric, tragedy and historiography