The homeric narrator as a mediator between the world of the heroes and the world o...
Grant number: | 13/19183-8 |
Support Opportunities: | Scholarships abroad - Research |
Start date until: | April 01, 2014 |
End date until: | June 30, 2014 |
Field of knowledge: | Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Classical Literatures |
Principal Investigator: | Christian Werner |
Grantee: | Christian Werner |
Host Investigator: | Jonas Grethlein |
Host Institution: | Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
Institution abroad: | Heidelberg University, Germany |
Abstract The performance of stories through songs or speeches and the use of abbreviated narratives in different speech genres is a structural element omnipresent in Homer's 'Odyssey', specially given the large amount of scenes in which a stranger is received and entertained by a host. This investigation focus on three scenes in which episodes of the Trojan War are mentioned by the characters in their speeches: the dialogue between Menelaus, Helen, Telemachus and Pisistratus (Book 4); the encounter between Achilles and Odysseus in Hades (Book 11); and the Cretan lies (Books 13-19). The main purposes of this discussion are: a) to tackle if Homeric epic presupposes a poetics of 'kleos', that is, events that are the memorialization of praiseworthy heroic deeds of the past; b) to discuss the use of Trojan War as a source of historicity and/or "plu-past" (cf. Grethlien 2006 and 2009); c) to verify if the war is represented differently in different speech genres (like lament, rememoration, and advice); d) and to discuss the polarity between war and peace in such contexts. (AU) | |
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