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Writing Homer: A study based on results from modern fieldwork (Scientia danica - Series H - Humanistica - 8)
Minna Skafte Jensen
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Description for Writing Homer: A study based on results from modern fieldwork (Scientia danica - Series H - Humanistica - 8)
Paperback. Num Pages: 439 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HRKP3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 802.
It is unknown, of course, who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey, since in general no reliable contemporary description of how the two epics came into being is to be found. Such sources as there are -- first and foremost the two poems themselves -- must be interpreted in a comparative framework built on experience from societies in the modern world that are in some respects similar to archaic Greece, in order to reach a coherent picture of the process. The oral-formulaic theory formed by Milman Parry (1902-35) and Albert B. Lord (1912-91) not only revolutionised Homeric studies but also ... Read more
It is unknown, of course, who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey, since in general no reliable contemporary description of how the two epics came into being is to be found. Such sources as there are -- first and foremost the two poems themselves -- must be interpreted in a comparative framework built on experience from societies in the modern world that are in some respects similar to archaic Greece, in order to reach a coherent picture of the process. The oral-formulaic theory formed by Milman Parry (1902-35) and Albert B. Lord (1912-91) not only revolutionised Homeric studies but also ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
802 g
Number of Pages
439
Place of Publication
Kobenhavn V, Denmark
ISBN
9788773043615
SKU
V9788773043615
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About Minna Skafte Jensen
Minna Skafte Jensen has a lifetime's experience of teaching Homer to students of Greek or of classics in translation at the Universities of Copenhagen and Southern Denmark, and she has written extensively on the subject. Her two most important contributions are The Homeric Question and the Oral-Formulaic Theory (Copenhagen 1980) and Homer og hans tilhørere (Copenhagen 1992).
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