Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-294) and indexes.
Contents:
Part 1: Premises and Concepts. Persuasion and comparision -- Method, objectives, theory -- Part 2: Fundamentals of narrative structure in Herodotus' Histories and Genesis-Kings. Highly different modes of narration and mediacy -- Connecting and disconnecting story-world and discourse-world -- Part 3: Varied functions of objects as means of persuasion. Introduction -- Material remains as authentication -- Kinds of presence - Do objects have to be accessible to function as authentication? -- Combinations of normative persuasion and authentication -- Objects as visuals and capturing a condensed meaning -- Conclusions.
Summary:
"In Strategies of Persuasion in Herodotus' Histories and Genesis-Kings, Eva Tyrell comparatively analyzes narrative means in two monumental ancient texts about the past. Combining a narratological approach with insights of modern historical theory and biblical scholarship, she investigates patterns of narrative persuasion as a trans-cultural phenomenon and their connection with ancient concepts of reality and truth. The study contrasts differences in fundamental narrative structures of both narratives, such as mediacy and discursive versus diegetic text portions. It explores the role of material remains mentioned in the accounts to evoke or even create the reality of a past"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, 1384-2161 ; volume 195
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