Classical Plot and the Invention of Western Narrative

Name: Classical Plot and the Invention of Western Narrative
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ISBN: 9780521604451

ISBN-10: 0521604451

ISBN-13: 9780521604451

Edition: N/A

Authors: N. J. Lowe

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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 recognised system of terminology in recent literary theory. The first part of the book draws on current developments in narratology and cognitive science to propose a new way of formally describing the way stories are structured and understood. This model is then used to write a history of the emergence of…

Book details

List price: $47.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/20/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 308
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.02" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.012




The Classical Plot



Approaches



A cognitive model



The narrative universe



The classical plot



Unclassical plots



The Classical Plots



Epic myth I: Iliad



Epic myth II: Odyssey



Dramatic myth: tragedy and satyr-play



Dramatic fiction: New Comedy



Epic fiction: the Greek novel


Conclusion


Glossary