The classical plot and the invention of Western narrative /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
N.J. Lowe.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2000.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xiii, 293 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-285) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"From Homer to Hollywood, the Western storytelling tradition has canonised a distinctive set of narrative values characterised by tight economy and closure. This book traces the formation of that classical paradigm in the development of ancient storytelling from Homer to Heliodorus. To tell this story, the book sets out to rehabilitate the idea of 'plot', notoriously disconnected from any recognized system of terminology in recent literary theory. The first part of the book draws on current developments in narratalogy and cognitive science to propose a new way of formally describing the way stories are structured and understood.
Text of Note
This model is then used to write a history of the emergence of the classical plot type in the four ancient genres that shaped it - Homeric epic, fifth-century tragedy, New Comedy, and the Greek novel - with new insights into the fundamental narrative poetics of each."--Jacket.
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Title
Classical plot and the invention of Western narrative.
International Standard Book Number
0521771765
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Classical literature-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.
Classical literature, Stories, plots, etc.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Littérature ancienne-- Histoire et critique-- Théorie, etc.
Littérature ancienne-- Histoires, intrigues, etc.