The Shape of Stories : Narrative Structures in Cuneiform Literature / edited by Sophus Helle and Gina Konstantopoulos.
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TextLanguage: English Series: Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2023 | Cuneiform Monographs ; 54.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: 1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- 9789004537149
- 9789004539761
- Narrative Structures in Cuneiform Literature
- 892.1 23
- PJ3771.G5
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Sophus Helle and Gina Konstantopoulos -- Copyright Page / Sophus Helle and Gina Konstantopoulos -- Notes on Contributors / Sophus Helle and Gina Konstantopoulos -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Narratology and Cuneiform Cultures / Sophus Helle and Gina Konstantopoulos -- Chapter 2 Recurrent Structures in the Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle / Alhena Gadotti -- Chapter 3 Transition and Cohesion in the Tale of Zalpa / Robert Marineau -- Chapter 4 Unreliable Foreshadowing in Divine Predictions / Louise Pryke -- Chapter 5 Tablets as Narrative Episodes in Babylonian Poetry / Sophus Helle -- Chapter 6 Dynamics of Repetition in Akkadian Literature / Selena Wisnom -- Chapter 7 Charting Emotional Structure in Cuneiform Literature / Gina Konstantopoulos -- Chapter 8 Representing Time in the Kiutu Incantation-Prayers / Beatrice Baragli -- Chapter 9 Historical Explanation in the Babylonian Chronicles / Ben Dewar -- Chapter 10 The ''Prehistory" of the Sumerian King List and Its Narrative Residue / Gösta Gabriel -- Chapter 11 Blank Space: Akkadian Metapoetics in the Bel-etir Narrative / Claudio Sansone -- Chapter 12 In Search Of Dumuzi: An Introduction to Hylistic Narratology / Annette Zgoll , Bénédicte Cuperly , and Annika Cöster-Gilbert -- Index / Sophus Helle and Gina Konstantopoulos.
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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