Love and providence : recognitions in the ancient novel
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Love and providence : recognitions in the ancient novel
Oxford University Press, c2013
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注記
Bibliography: p. 241-251
Includes index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
From the Odyssey and King Lear to modern novels by Umberto Eco and John le Carre, the recognition scene has enjoyed a long life in western literature. It first became a regular feature of prose literature in the Greek novels of the first century CE. In these examples, it is the event that ensures the happy ending for the hero and heroine, and as such, it seems, was as pleasing for Greek readers as the canonical Hollywood kiss is for
contemporary movie goers. Recognitions are particularly gratifying in the context of the ancient novels because the genre as a whole celebrates the idyllic social order to which the heroes and heroines belong and from which they have been harshly severed. In spite of their high frequency and thematic importance, novelistic
recognitions have attracted little critical attention, especially in relation to epic and tragedy. With Love and Providence, Silvia Montiglio seeks to fill this gap. She begins by introducing the meaning of recognitions in the ancient novel both within the novels' narrative structure and thought world-that is, the values and ideals propounded in the narrative. She pursues these goals while examining novels by Chariton, Xenophon of Ephesus, Achilles Tatius, Longus, Heliodorus,
Apuleius, and Petronius, as well as the Life of Apollonius of Tyre, the pseudo-Clementine recognitions, and the Jewish novel Joseph and Aseneth. In addition to addressing questions brought about by the recognitions-What does it mean for lovers to recognize each other at the end of their adventures? Is recognition
the confirmation of sameness or an acknowledgement of change?-Montiglio addresses the rapport novelists entertain with their literary tradition, epic and drama. The book concludes by emphasizing the originality of the novels for the development of the recognition motif, and by explaining its influence in early-modern European literature.
目次
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. True Love and Immediate Recognition
- Callirhoe: Something in the Way She Breathes
- The Ephesiaca: Slow and Quick Eyes
- Chapter 2. Beauty, Dress, and Identity
- Leucippe and Clitophon: Teasing Expectations
- Daphnis and Chloe: Too Beautiful to Be Shepherds
- Chapter 3. Reading Identity: Recognitions in the Aethiopica
- First, Misidentifications
- The Recognition of Chariclea
- Reading Recognitions
- Chapter 4. A Gift of Providence? Recognitions in Two Roman Novels
- The Satyrica: Recognition and Capture
- The Golden Ass: Recognition and Return
- Chapter 5. From the Pagan Novels to Early Jewish and Christian Narratives: Refashioning Recognition
- Telling my whole life with his words:" Recognitions in Apollonius of Tyre
- "Who are you?" Joseph and Aseneth, or It Is Impossible to Recognize a Convert
- Recognition of Family and Recognition of God in the Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions
- Dress and Recognition: A Novelistic Motif Becomes Christian
- Epilogue. The Greek Novel in the History of the Recognition Motif
- Tragedy and Comedy
- Future Influences: Highlights
- Bibliography
- Index
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