The Shape of Stories : Narrative Structures in Cuneiform Literature (Cuneiform Monographs)

Konstantopoulos, Gina (EDT)/ Helle, Sophus (EDT)

Brill（2023/03発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 356 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789004537149
• DDC分類 892.1

Full Description

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.

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

1 Introduction: Narratology and Cuneiform Studies

 Sophus Helle and Gina Konstantopoulos

Part 1 Stitching a Story

2 Recurrent Structures in the Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle

 Alhena Gadotti

3 Transition and Cohesion in the Tale of Zalpa

 Robert Marineau

4 Unreliable Foreshadowing in Divine Predictions

 Louise Pryke

Part 2 Medium and Emotion

5 Tablets as Narrative Episodes in Babylonian Poetry

 Sophus Helle

6 The Dynamics of Repetition in Akkadian Epics

 Selena Wisnom

7 Charting Emotional Shapes in Cuneiform Literature

 Gina Konstantopoulos

8 Representing Time in the Kiutu Incantation-Prayers

 Beatrice Baragli

Part 3 The Shape of the Past

9 Historical Explanation in the Babylonian Chronicles

 Ben Dewar

10 The "Pre-History" of the Sumerian King List and its Narrative Residue

 Gösta Gabriel

11 Blank Space: Akkadian Metapoetics in the Bel-etir Narrative

 Claudio Sansone

Part 4 Excavating Narratives

12 In Search of Dumuzi: An Introduction to Hylistic Narratology

 Annette Zgoll, Bénédicte Cuperly, and Annika Cöster-Gilbert

Index