Ancient Greek Texts and Modern Narrative Theory

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Ancient Greek Texts and Modern Narrative Theory is written by Jonas Grethlein and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1009339559 (ISBN 10) and 9781009339551 (ISBN 13).

The taxonomies of narratology have proven valuable tools for the analysis of ancient literature, but, since they were mostly forged in the analysis of modern novels, they have also occluded the distinct quality of ancient narrative and its understanding in antiquity. Ancient Greek Texts and Modern Narrative Theory paves the way for a new approach to ancient narrative that investigates its specific logic. Jonas Grethlein's sophisticated discussion of a wide range of literary texts in conjunction with works of criticism sheds new light on such central issues as fictionality, voice, Theory of Mind and narrative motivation. The book provides classicists with an introduction to ancient views of narrative but is also a major contribution to a historically sensitive theory of narrative.