Submerged literature in ancient Greek culture Volume 3. The comparative perspective / edited by Andrea Ercolani and Manuela Giordano

The book is the third and concluding part of the investigation on Submerged literature in ancient Greece and beyond. The book expands the inquiry to a comparative perspective, in order to test the validity and usefulness of the hermeneutical approach in other fields and cultures. The comparative case studies deal with gnostic text, Qumran texts, the Hebrew Bible, Early Christianity, Cuneiform Texts, Arabic-Islamic literature, ancient Rome, Medieval China, and contemporary southern Italy. The volume tackles themes and questions relating to author and authorship, cultural translation and transmission, the interaction between orality and literacy, myth and folktale. A particular emphasis is given to anthropological themes and methods. In this vein, the book further explores dynamics of emergence and submersion in ancient Greece, including cultural trends promoted respectively by Sparta and Athens. The volume provides the reader with a wide range of tools and methodological suggestions to reconstruct literary phenomena and cultural processes in a given historical epoch and context, as well as offering new insights for both classical and comparative studies. This Book – The Third And Concluding Volume Of The Series On “submerged Literature” In Ancient Greek Culture – Expands The Approach Presented In The Previous Volumes To A Comparative Perspective. The Case Studies Range From Qumran Texts To Arabic-islamic Literature, From Ancient Rome To Gnostic Texts, With A Particular Emphasis On Anthropological Themes And Methods, Aiming To Offer New Insights For Both Classical And Comparative Studies. Part of the series on "Submerged Literature" in ancient Greek culture, this third and concluding volume includes case studies that range from Qumran texts to Arabic-Islamic literature, from ancient Rome to gnostic texts, with a particular emphasis on anthropological themes and methods, offering insights for both classical and comparative studies. Intended as a new hermeneutics to study the whole range of texts that were produced for socially relevant events in ancient Greece and to investigate the dynamics behind their inclusion or exclusion from production, diffusion and transmission, this book offers fresh approaches to ancient Greek literature and cultural history. [1] An Introduction -- Volume 2. Case Studies / Edited By Giulio Colesanti And Laura Lulli -- Volume 3. The Comparative Perspective / Edited By Andrea Ercolani And Manuela Giordano. Edited By Giulio Colesanti And Manuela Giordano. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 188-208) And Indexes.