Aspects of Orality and Greek Literature in the Roman Empire
Orality was the backbone of ancient Greek culture throughout its different periods. This volume will serve to deepen the reader’s knowledge of how Greek texts circulated during the Roman Empire. The studies included here approach the subject from both a literary and a sociocultural point of view, illuminating the interconnections between literary and social practices. Topics considered include epigraphy, the rhetoric of transmitting the texts, language and speech, performance, theatre, narrative representation, material culture, and the interaction of different cultures.
Since orality is a widespread phenomenon in the Greek-speaking world of the Roman Empire, this book draws the reader’s attention to under-researched texts and inscriptions.
This book is part of a series. View the full series, "Pierides", here.
Consuelo Ruiz-Montero studied Classical Philology at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, and holds a PhD from the Universidad de Salamanca, Spain. She is currently Professor of Greek Philology at the Universidad de Murcia. Her research interests focus on Greek rhetoric, koine Greek, and the Greek novel. Her publications include La estructura de la novela griega. Análisis funcional (1988) and La novela griega (2006), and several articles on different aspects of the genre.
“A great deal of the charm of this rich collection lies in the wide range of sources included: inscriptions of many kinds, papyri, literature—mainly novels, Plutarch, Pausanias, and Lucian—and material objects. Since Greek literature from the imperial period has been much less studied than that of earlier times, and since the focus of the volume is on oral genres, from formal public speeches to anecdotes, jokes, and folktales, the result is an important supplement to the more traditional histories of literature of this period.”
Minna Skafte Jensen
University of Southern Denmark and Copenhagen University; Bryn Mawr Classical Review, December 2020
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