Narrative and Identity in the Ancient Greek Novel by Tim Whit... - 9781107491021

Tim Whitmarsh

Narrative and Identity in the Ancient Greek NovelReturning Romance\nAuthor(s): Tim Whitmarsh\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107491021, 978-1107491021\nSynopsis\nThe Greek romance was for the Roman period what epic was for the Archaic period or drama for the Classical: the central literary vehicle for articulating ideas about the relationship between self and community. This book offers a reading of the romance both as a distinctive narrative form (using a range of narrative theories) and as a paradigmatic expression of identity (social, sexual and cultural). At the same time it emphasises the elasticity of romance narrative and its ability to accommodate both conservative and transformative models of identity. This elasticity manifests itself partly in the variation in practice between different romancers, some of whom are traditionally Hellenocentric while others are more challenging. Ultim.