Justin Arft explores how the Phaeacian queen, Arete, is at the heart of an epic-scale "poetics of interrogation" used throughout the Odyssey to negotiate Odysseus' kleos, or epic renown. The queen and her question invite new applications of oral poetics that shed light on the structure, composition, and reperformance of the Odyssey.
Justin Arft explores how the Phaeacian queen, Arete, is at the heart of an epic-scale "poetics of interrogation" used throughout the Odyssey to negotiate Odysseus' kleos, or epic renown. The queen and her question invite new applications of oral poetics that shed light on the structure, composition, and reperformance of the Odyssey.
Justin Arft is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Tennessee. His primary research interests include Homeric epic, oral poetics, and the Greek Epic Cycle. He has authored and co-authored articles on comparative epic cycles, Theban tradition in epic, the Telegony tradition, and the composition, structure, and themes of archaic Greek epic.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Abbreviations Note on Texts, Translations, and Transliterations Introduction Part I: The Question 1: The Stranger's Interrogation 2: The Poetics of Interrogation Part II: The Queen 3: Phaeacian Multivalence 4: Go Past the King 5: Question and Answer 6: Wondrous Deeds Conclusion: Selective Memory and Survival in Song Appendix Works Cited
List of Abbreviations Note on Texts, Translations, and Transliterations Introduction Part I: The Question 1: The Stranger's Interrogation 2: The Poetics of Interrogation Part II: The Queen 3: Phaeacian Multivalence 4: Go Past the King 5: Question and Answer 6: Wondrous Deeds Conclusion: Selective Memory and Survival in Song Appendix Works Cited
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