Plato’s Proto-Narratology

Metanarrative Reflections and Narrative Paradigms
Buch | Hardcover
XXVIII, 237 Seiten
2023
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-130710-7 (ISBN)
119,95 inkl. MwSt

Plato's contribution to narratology has traditionally been traced in his tripartite categorisation of narrative modes we read of in the Republic. Although other aspects of storytelling are also addressed throughout the Platonic oeuvre, such passages are treated as instantaneous flares of metanarrative speculation on Plato's part and do not seem to contribute to the reconstruction of his 'theory of narrative'. Vasileios Liotsakis challenges this view and argues that the Statesman, the Timaeus/Critias and the Laws reveal that Plato had consolidated in his mind and compositionally put into effect one systematic mode in which to express his thoughts on narratives. In these dialogues Liotsakis recognizes the birth of a proto-narratology which differs in many respects from what we today expect from a narratological handbook, but still demonstrates two key-features of narratology: (a) a conscious focus on certain aspects of narrativity which are vastly discussed by narratologists and pertain to the structuring and reception of narratives; and (b) a schematised mode of interaction between metanarrative reflections and textual bodies which serve as the paradigms through which to explore the interpretive potential of these reflections.

lt;p>Vasileios Liotsakis, Department of Philology, University of the Peloponnese, Kalamata, Greece.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes ; 153
Verlagsort Berlin/Boston
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 230 mm
Gewicht 509 g
Themenwelt Literatur Märchen / Sagen
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Altertum / Antike
Schlagworte Antike Philosophie • Narrativität • Narrativ <Erzähltechnik> • Narratology • Philosophy • Plato • theory of narrative
ISBN-10 3-11-130710-7 / 3111307107
ISBN-13 978-3-11-130710-7 / 9783111307107
Zustand Neuware
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