رمان باستانی و مرزهای ژانر (ضمیمه‌های روایت باستانی)

Despite the fact that post-modern aesthetics deny the existence or validity of genres, the tendency nowadays is to assume that there was in Antiquity a homogeneous group of works of narrative prose fiction that, despite their differences, displayed a series of recurrent, iterative, thematic, and formal characteristics, which allows us to label them novels. The papers assembled in this volume include extended prose narratives of all kind and thereby widen and enrich the scope of the canon. The essays explore a wide variety of texts, crossed genres, and hybrid forms, which transgress the boundaries of the so-called ancient novel, providing an excellent insight into different kinds of narrative prose in antiquity. Contents 6 Preface and Acknowledgments 8 Introduction 10 A UTOPIA AND PARADOXOGRAPHY 14 Lucian’s Philosophical Island • Diskin Clay 16 The Genre Understanding of the Utopian Novel • Heinrich Kuch 24 Homeric Parody, the Isle of the Blessed, and the Nature of Paideia in Lucian’s Verae Historiae • Benjamin Haller 36 Lucian’s True Stories: Paradoxography and False Discourse • Valentina Popescu 52 B FLUID TEXTS 72 The Adventures of Six Men in a Boat: the Astral Determinants of a Maritime Narrative in the Anthologies of Vettius Valens • Roger Beck 74 Facts or Fiction? The Fruitful Relationship between Ancient Novel and literary Miscellany • Hendrik Müller-Reineke 82 Isis-Epiphany in the Life of Aesop: a Structural Analytic Approach • Grammatiki A. Karla 96 C CROSSED GENRES 116 Medicine and the Novel: Apuleius’ Bonding with the Educated Reader • Regine May 118 Pirates in the Library • Nicolas Boulic and Françoise Létoublon 138 Liminal Games: Fluidity of the Sphragis of a Novelist • Loreto Núñez 156 D HYBRID FORMS 182 Tombs and Stables, Roofs and Brothels, Dens and Raids in Lollianos’ Fragments • Angelo Casanova 184 Erotic Fiction and Christian Sexual Ethics in Nonnus’ Episode of Morrheus and Chalcomede • Fotini Hadjittofi 200 Hagiographic romance: novelistic narrative strategy in Jerome’s Lives of Hermits • Jirí Šubrt 218 Abstracts 228 Autobiographical Notes 234 Indices 240 Index locorum 240 General Index 242 This Volume Presents A Collection Of Thirteen Papers From The Fourth International Conference On The Ancient Novel (ican 2008), Which Was Held In Lisbon At The Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian From July 21 To 26, 2008. The Ancient Novel And The Frontiers Of Genre Reflects Entirely The Spirit And The General Theme Of The Conference, And Is Intended To Convey The Idea That Both The Novel As A Literary Form And Scholarship On The Ancient Novel Tend To Mature And Advance By Crossing Boundaries That Older Forms Regarded As Uncrossable. The Papers Assembled In This Volume Include Extended Prose Narratives Of All Kinds And Thereby Widen And Enrich The Scope Of The Novel's Canon. The Essays Explore A Wide Variety Of Text, Crossed Genres, And Hybrid Forms, Which Transgress The Frontiers Of The So-called Ancient Novel, Providing An Excellent Insight Into Different Kinds Of Narrative Prose In Antiquity. (from The Preface) "This volume presents a collection of thirteen papers from the Fourth International Conference on the Ancient Novel (ICAN 2008), which was held in Lisbon at the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian from July 21 to 26, 2008. The Ancient Novel and the Frontiers of Genre reflects entirely the spirit and the general theme of the Conference, and is intended to convey the idea that both the novel as a literary form and scholarship on the ancient novel tend to mature and advance by crossing boundaries that older forms regarded as uncrossable. The papers assembled in this volume include extended prose narratives of all kinds and thereby widen and enrich the scope of the novel's canon. The essays explore a wide variety of text, crossed genres, and hybrid forms, which transgress the frontiers of the so-called ancient novel, providing an excellent insight into different kinds of narrative prose in antiquity."--Page vii This volume presents a collection of thirteen papers from the Fourth International Conference on the Ancient Novel (ICAN 2008), which was held in Lisbon at the Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian from July 21 to 26, 2008. The Ancient Novel and the Frontiers of Genre reflects entirely the spirit and the general theme of the Conference, and is intended to convey the idea that both the novel as a literary form and scholarship on the ancient novel tend to mature and advance by crossing boundaries that older forms regarded as uncrossable. The papers assembled in this volume include extended prose narratives of all kinds and thereby widen and enrich the scope of the novel's canon. The essays explore a wide variety of text, crossed genres, and hybrid forms, which transgress the frontiers of the so-called ancient novel, providing an excellent insight into different kinds of narrative prose in antiquity.--Préface