Narrative, imagination and concepts of fiction in Late Antique hagiography:

"This volume explores concepts of fiction in late antique hagiographical narrative in different cultural and literary traditions. It includes Greek, Latin, Syriac, Armenian, Persian and Arabic material. Whereas scholarship in these texts has traditionally focussed on historical questions, this...

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Hauptverfasser: Pelt, Julie van 1992- (VerfasserIn, HerausgeberIn), Temmerman, Koen de 1979- (VerfasserIn, HerausgeberIn)
Körperschaft: Fictionality in Late Antique Hagiography (Veranstaltung) Rom (VerfasserIn)
Format: Tagungsbericht Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2024]
Schriftenreihe:Mnemosyne supplements volume 478
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Zusammenfassung:"This volume explores concepts of fiction in late antique hagiographical narrative in different cultural and literary traditions. It includes Greek, Latin, Syriac, Armenian, Persian and Arabic material. Whereas scholarship in these texts has traditionally focussed on historical questions, this book approaches imaginative narrative as an inherent element of the genre of hagiography that deserves to be studied in its own right. The chapters explore narrative complexities related to fiction, such as invention, authentication, intertextuality, imagination and fictionality. Together, they represent an innovative exploration of how these concepts relate to hagiographical discourses of truth and the religious notion of belief, while paying due attention to the various factors and contexts that impact readers' responses"--
Beschreibung:IX, 320 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9789004685079

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