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Writing and the Origins of Greek Literature by Barry B. Powell (2007, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521036313
ISBN-139780521036313
eBay Product ID (ePID)59087065
Product Key Features
Number of Pages228 Pages
Publication NameWriting and the Origins of Greek Literature
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
SubjectAuthorship, Ancient Languages (See Also Latin), Ancient & Classical
TypeLanguage Course
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Foreign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorBarry B. Powell
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight11.4 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal880.9
Table Of ContentList of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: building models like a wigwam; 2. Text; 3. Orality and genre; 4. Myth; 5. Literacy; 6. Tradition; 7. Memorization; 8. M. L. West and the Eastern origins of Greek tradition; 9. Cultural transmission by literate means in the Near East; 10. Writing: general; 11. Writing: semasiography and logosyllabography; 12. Writing: the Chinese enigma; 13. Oral and written in the land between the rivers; 14. Oral and written in the Valley of the Nile; 15. The West Semitic revolution; 16. The invention of the Greek alphabet and the end of multiliteralism; 17. Where does Homer fit in the alphabetic revolution?; 18. The aoidos in context; 19. Aoidic innovation in myth: stories from pots; 20. Summary and conclusions: early Greek literature in context; Bibliography; Index.
SynopsisThe purpose of this book is to dispel misunderstanding about the genesis of the Homeric poems and other knotty problems in oral studies, such as the meaning of "orality," "literacy," "tradition," "memorization," and "text." The study is about the nature and history of writing--how it was used in the Ancient Near East, and especially in Greece, and its relationship to Homer. It suggests that a Semite invented the Greek alphabet, heir to an ancient bilingual Eastern tradition of recording poetry by dictation., Professor Powell ties the origin and nature of archaic Greek literature to the special technology of Greek alphabetic writing. In building his model he presents chapters on specialized topics - text, orality, myth, literacy, tradition and memorization - and then shows how such special topics relate to larger issues of cultural transmission from East to West. Several chapters are devoted to the theory and history of writing, its definition and general nature as well as such individual developments as semasiography and logosyllabography, Chinese writing and the West Semitic family of syllabaries. He shows how the Greek alphabet put an end to the multiliteralism of Eastern traditions of writing, and how the recording of Homer and other early epic poetry cannot be separated from the alphabetic revolution. Finally, he explains how the creation of Greek alphabetic texts demoticized Greek myth and encouraged many free creations of new myths based on Eastern images., Through a full examination of the nature and history of writing, its use in the ancient Near East, and especially in Greece, and its relationship to Homer, this book illuminates the genesis of the Homeric poems and other knotty problems in oral studies.
LC Classification NumberPA3051
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