The shape of stories: narrative structures in cuneiform literature
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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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston
BRILL
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: The shape of stories : narrative structures in cuneiform literature] (2025) (Tadmor, Eli)
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series/Journal: | Cuneiform Monographs
v.54 |
| Further subjects: | B
Middle Eastern literature
History and criticism
B Literary Criticism B Cuneiform inscriptions B Electronic books B Narration (Rhetoric) B Essays |
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| 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. 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. "How were narratives composed in the ancient Near East? What patterns and principles, constraints and considerations guided the shaping of cuneiform stories? The study of narrative structures has emerged as a promising approach to the textual heritage of the cuneiform world. Engaging with practically any ancient text-whether literary, historical, or religious-requires some understanding of the narrative forms that shaped their content. This volume gives researchers the tools to better understand those form, illustrating each approach to narrative analysis with a case study from the cultures of the ancient Near East: Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, and Hittite"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (368 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-53976-1 |