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The Shape of Stories : Narrative Structures in Cuneiform Literature. The shape of stories : narrative structures in cuneiform literature / edited by Sophus Helle, Gina Konstantopoulos.
Konstantopoulos, Gina.; Helle, Sophus, editor.; Konstantopoulos, Gina, editor.
2023
PJ314.N27 .S537 2023
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Title
The Shape of Stories : Narrative Structures in Cuneiform Literature.
The shape of stories : narrative structures in cuneiform literature / edited by Sophus Helle, Gina Konstantopoulos.
Author
Konstantopoulos, Gina.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9789004537149
9789004539761
Published
Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 355 pages) : illustrations.
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PJ314.N27 .S537 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
808.8023
Summary
The volume provides a methodological toolbox for the study of cuneiform narratives--including literary, historical, and religious texts from the ancient Near East--with each chapter illustrating a different approach to narrative analysis through a series of compelling case studies.
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Helle, Sophus, editor.
Konstantopoulos, Gina, editor.
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Cuneiform monographs ; Volume 54.
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Shape of stories : narrative structures in cuneiform literature.
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Intro
‎Table of Contents
‎Figures and Tables
‎Notes on Contributors
‎Chapter 1. Introduction: Narratology and Cuneiform Cultures (Helle and Konstantopoulos)
‎Part 1. Stitching a Story
‎Chapter 2. Recurrent Structures in the Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle (Gadotti)
‎Chapter 3. Transition and Cohesion in the Tale of Zalpa (Marineau)
‎Chapter 4. Unreliable Foreshadowing in Divine Predictions (Pryke)
‎Part 2. Medium and Emotion
‎Chapter 5. Tablets as Narrative Episodes in Babylonian Poetry (Helle)
‎Chapter 6. Dynamics of Repetition in Akkadian Literature (Wisnom)
‎Chapter 7. Charting Emotional Structure in Cuneiform Literature (Konstantopoulos)
‎Chapter 8. Representing Time in the Kiutu Incantation-Prayers (Baragli)
‎Part 3. The Shape of the Past
‎Chapter 9. Historical Explanation in the Babylonian Chronicles (Dewar)
‎Chapter 10. The "Prehistory" of the Sumerian King List and Its Narrative Residue (Gabriel)
‎Chapter 11. Blank Space: Akkadian Metapoetics in the Bel-etir Narrative (Sansone)
‎Part 4. Excavating Narratives
‎Chapter 12. In Search Of Dumuzi: An Introduction to Hylistic Narratology (Zgoll, Cuperly and Cöster-Gilbert)
‎Index.

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