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Para-Narratives in the Odyssey
- Stories in the Frame
Engelsk Paperback
Para-Narratives in the Odyssey
- Stories in the Frame
Engelsk Paperback

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Readers coming to the Odyssey for the first time are often dazzled and bewildered by the wealth of material it contains which is seemingly unrelated to the central story: the main plot of Odysseus'' return to Ithaca is complicated by myriad secondary narratives related by the poet and his characters, including Odysseus'' own fantastic tales of Lotus Eaters, Sirens, and cannibal giants. Although these ''para-narratives'' are a source of pleasure and entertainment in their own right, each also has a special relevance to its immediate context, elucidating Odysseus'' predicament and also subtly influencing and guiding the audience''s reception of the main story. By exploring variations on the basic story-shape, drawing on familiar tales, anecdotes, and mythology, or inserting analogous situations, they create illuminating parallels to the main narrative and prompt specific responses in readers or listeners. This is the case even when details are suppressed or altered, as the audience may still experience the reverberations of the better-known version of the tradition, and it also applies to the characters themselves, who are often provided with a model of action for imitation or avoidance in their immediate contexts.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
440
ISBN-13:
9780198860570
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0198860579
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
7 apr 2020
Længde:
22mm
Bredde:
156mm
Højde:
234mm
Forlag:
Oxford University Press
Oplagsdato:
7 apr 2020
Forfatter(e):
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