<p>The Prolegomena provide an introduction to the Basler Iliad commentary. The volume includes essays on the history of Iliad commentaries and the text, formulaic language and the oral tradition, grammar, meter, characters, plot and chronological structure, narrative technique, and developments in Homeric criticism, as well as an Index of Mycenaean words with brief explanations.</p>

Prolegomena (Homer's Iliad the Basel Commentary)

Literature & Fiction

Graf, Fritz

Jong, Irene De

West, Martin L.

Latacz, Joachim

Nünlist, René

Wachter, Rudolf

Stoevesandt, Magdalene

History & Criticism

de Gruyter

<p>Acclaimed as one of the pioneering texts to introduce narratology (the theory that deals with the general principles underlying narrative texts) to classical scholarship, Irene de Jong's work explains the key concepts such as "narrator", "focalization" and "prolepsis", highlighting their relevance by using them for the analysis and interpretation of Homer's "Iliad". What is the role of the narrator and how do the parts of the story told by the narrator relate to the many speeches for which Homer is famous? This work was first published in 1987 and it is reissued here with a new introduction by the author, offering an overview of the trends in Homeric narratological scholarship over the last decade.</p>

Narrators and Focalizers: The Presentation of the Story in the Iliad (BCPaperbacks)

Bristol Classical Press

The Prolegomena provide an introduction to a better understanding of Homer's text itself and the manner of commentary on it. Contents: On the history of commentaries on the Iliad (Latacz) - History of the text (West) - Formulaic language and oral tradition (Latacz) - Grammar (Wachter) - Metre (Nünlist) - Actors (Graf/Stoevesandt) - Plot and chronological structure with diagrams (Latacz) - narrative technique (de Jong/Nünlist) - Index of Mycenean words in the Iliad, with brief explanations (Wachter). The third edition has been fully re-edited and contains an up-to-date bibliography.

Prolegomena (Sammlung wissenschaftlicher Commentare (SWC)) (German Edition)

History

Ancient Civilizations

Walter de Gruyter

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