Title The Homeric simile in comparative perspectives : oral traditions from Saudi Arabia to Indonesia / Jonathan L. Ready

Edition First edition Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 315 pages) : illustrations (black and white) Contents Part I. The Modern Material: 1. Formal points of contact with Homeric similes -- 2. The spectrum of sistribution -- 3. Similes in five modern oral poetries -- Part II. Application to the Homeric Epics: 4. Two preliminary points -- 5. Shared similes in the Homeric epics -- 6. Idiolectal similes in the Homeric epics -- Conclusion Summary The Homeric Simile in Comparative Perspectives: Oral Traditions from Saudi Arabia to Indonesia investigates both the construction of the Homeric simile and the performance of Homeric poetry from neglected comparative perspectives. The first part considers similes in five modern oral poetries—Rajasthani epic, South Sumatran epic, Kyrgyz epic, Bosniac epic, and Najdi lyric poems from Saudi Arabia—and studies successful performances by still other verbal artists, such as Egyptian singers of epic, Turkish minstrels, and Chinese storytellers. In applying these findings to the Homeric epics, the second part offers a new take on how the Homeric poets put together their similes and alters our understanding of how the poets displayed their competence as performers of verbal art. Engaging intensively with a diverse array of scholarship from outside the field of classics, from folkloristics to cognitive linguistics, this book changes how we view not only a central feature of Homeric poetry but also the very nature of Homeric performance Notes This edition of this translation originally published: 2017 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Audience Specialized Notes Online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 17, 2017) Subject Homer -- Literary style SUBJECT Homer fast Subject Greek language -- Figures of speech Oral-formulaic analysis. Oral tradition. Greek language -- Figures of speech Literary style Oral-formulaic analysis Oral tradition Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191840838 0191840831

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