Shifting Genres in Late AntiquityGeoffrey Greatrex, Hugh Elton Routledge, 1 апр. 2016 г. - Всего страниц: 358 Shifting Genres in Late Antiquity examines the transformations that took place in a wide range of genres, both literary and non-literary, in this dynamic period. The Christianisation of the Roman empire and the successor kingdoms had a profound impact on the evolution of Greek and Roman literature, and many aspects of this are discussed in this volume - the composition of church history, the collection of papal letters, heresiology, homiletics and apologetic. Contributors discuss authors such as John Chrysostom, Ambrose of Milan, Cassiodorus, Jerome, Liberatus of Carthage, Victor of Vita, and Epiphanius of Salamis as well as the Collectio Avellana. Secular literature too, however, underwent important changes, notably in Constantinople in the sixth century. Several chapters accordingly reassess the work of Procopius of Caesarea and literature of this period; attention is also given to the evolution of the chronicle genre. Technical writing, such as military manuals and legal texts, are the focus of other chapters; further genres considered include monody, epigraphy and epistolography. Changes in visual representation are also considered in chapters devoted to diptychs, monuments and coins. A common theme that emerges from the chapters is the flexibility and adaptability of genres in the period: late antique authors, whether orators or historians, were not slavish followers of their classical predecessors. They were capable of engaging with their models, adapting them to their own purposes, and producing work that deserves to be considered on its own merits. It is necessary to examine their texts and genres closely to grasp what they set out to do; on occasion, attention must also be paid to the transmission of these texts. The volume as a whole represents a significant contribution to the reassessment of late antique culture in general. |
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PART I Homiletics and Disputation | 9 |
PART II Ecclesiastical Genres | 67 |
PART III Visual Genres | 133 |
PART IV Procopius and Literature in the SixthCentury Eastern Empire | 189 |
PART V Technical Genres | 247 |
PART VI Other Literary Genres | 287 |
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Shifting Genres in Late Antiquity Professor Geoffrey Greatrex,Professor Hugh Elton Ограниченный просмотр - 2015 |
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