Defining Greek Narrative

Narratologies, Both 'classical' Structuralist Narratology And The 'new Narratologies' Of The Past Twenty Years, Have Mostly Been Built Around The Novel. At The Same Time, The History Of Narrative Methods Has Become A Recognised Area Of Scholarly Discussion. While This Work Is Not Confined To The History Of The Novel, The Novel Tends To Be Most Prominent. The Volume As A Whole Shows How Much Remains To Be Explored Once We Study Narrative Historically; How Much Comparison Can Enhance Our Understanding Of Greek; And How Much The Study Of Greek Narrative Can Contribute To Narratology More Broadly. Introduction / Ruth Scodel -- Beyond Auerbach: Homeric Narrative And The Epic Of Gilgamesh / Johannes Haubold -- Homeric Battle Narrative And The Ancient Near East / Adrian Kelly -- Narrative Focus And Elusive Thought In Homer / Ruth Scodel -- Structure As Interpretation In The Homeric Odyssey / Erwin Cook -- Exemplarity And Narrative In The Greek Tradition / Douglas Cairns -- 'where Do I Begin?': An Odyssean Narrative Strategy And Its Afterlife / Richard Hunter -- Some Ancient Views On Narrative, Its Structure And Working / René Nünlist -- Who, Sappho? / Alex Purves -- The Creative Impact Of The Occasion: Pindar's Songs For The Emmenids And Horace's Odes 1.12 And 4.2 / Lucia Athanassaki -- Narrative On The Greek Tragic Stage / P. E. Easterling -- Stock Situations, Topoi And The Greekness Of Greek Historiography / Lisa Irene Hau -- Heliodorus The Hellene / J. R. Morgan -- Livy Reading Polybius: Adapting Greek Narrative To Roman History / Dennish Pausch -- Pamela And Plato: Ancient And Modern Epistolary Narratives / A. D. Morrison -- The Anonymous Traveller In European Literature: A Greek Meme? / Irene J. F. De Jong. Edited By Douglas Cairns And Ruth Scodel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.