A History of Ancient Greek Literature. By Harold N. Fowler, Ph.D., Professor in the College for Women of Western Reserve University. New and Revised Edition. Pp. vii + 503. New York: Macmillan, 1923.

1923 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-90
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Greek Literature ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Greek Literature ◽  
Western Reserve

After Auerbach: Ancient Greek Literature as a Test Case of European Literary Historiography

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-128
Author(s):  
Irene J.F. de Jong
Keyword(s):  
Literary History ◽  
Test Case ◽  
Greek Literature ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
European Literature ◽  
Literary Historiography ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Greek Literature

In the first chapter of his celebratedMimesis(1946) Auerbach discussed a specimen of Ancient Greek literature (Homer) both as the starting point of a European literary history of realism and as a comparandum to biblical storytelling. Both lines of approach have recently been given new impetuses. On the one hand there is Martin West'sThe East Face of Helicon,1which does not merely compare early Greek literature and Near Eastern literature but describes the former as largely a product of the latter. On the other hand there is the series Studies in ancient Greek narrative, edited by Irene J.F. de Jong, which describes the early development of – what will become quintessential – European storytelling devices in Ancient Greek literature. Both scholarly projects, independently, have put the same urgent question on the agenda: how exactly are we to evaluate resemblances between ancient Greek literature and contemporary Near Eastern literature and later European literature. Can we speak of some form of historical connection, i.e. one literature taking over devices and motifs from another literature, or should we rather think in terms of typological resemblances, i.e. of the same narrative universals being employed at different places and at different times? Or is there some middle way to be found in the recent cognitive turn of comparative literature? Despite the methodological problems involved, investigating the history of European literature is an extremely rewarding task. The project of Europe as an economical and political unity has at the moment reached a critical phase. Literary scholars can contribute to this issue by showing the cultural unity of Europe, a mission that is just as urgent as it was in 1946, when Auerbach published hisMimesis.

Pre-Hellenistic Greek Poetry in its Social Contexts

Classics ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Nagy ◽  
Leonard Muellner
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Hellenistic Period ◽  
Greek Literature ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Greek Poetry ◽  
Ancient Greek Literature ◽  
Relationship Of

This bibliographical essay is divided into six parts, which supersede an older set of six essays that had once served as introductions to a collection of writings on ancient Greek literature: the first six of nine volumes in G. Nagy, ed. 2001. Greek Literature (New York: Routledge). For an updating of those earlier essays, see Nagy 2001 (cited under Oral Traditional Background of Ancient Greek Poetry). This essay concentrates on books and articles that primarily evaluate and interpret the original texts of Greek poetry before the Hellenistic period, not on published commentaries, however valuable they may be, that accompany editions of these original texts. We make four exceptions, however, by listing Barrett’s Euripides: Hippolytus (Barrett 1964, cited under Drama of Euripides), Seaford’s Euripides: Cyclops (Seaford 1984, cited under Relationship of Ritual and Myth in Drama), Asheri and colleagues’ Commentary on Herodotus Books I–IV (Asheri, et al. 2007, cited under Debates about Classical Greek Poetry as It Relates to Classical Greek Prose), and Bollack’s Empédocle (Bollack 1965–1969, cited under Greek Poetry and Philosophy in the Pre-Socratic Era): we highlight these four publications as masterpieces of interpretation, regardless of category.

From Learning to Read Ancient Greek to Understanding Ancient Greek Literature

2020 ◽  
pp. 162-181
Author(s):  
Mónica Durán Mañas
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Greek Language ◽  
Greek Literature ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Greek Culture ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Greek Literature

This chapter is a didactic proposal for the teaching of Ancient Greek language and literature under an innovative and interdisciplinary approach. The history of teaching Ancient Greek shows different language acquisition methods that respond to the demands of their times, each of them with its advantages and disadvantages. The author combines diverse approaches to offer a new method for beginners in which students get involved in a stimulating practice that enables them to progress at the rhythm of their choice. The teaching materials are focused on real texts of Ancient Greek literature that work as starting point for an innovative and challenging language teaching for specific purposes approach. The final goal is to achieve student learning of Ancient Greek language through contextualized literary texts in order to get a better understanding of what Ancient Greek culture meant and why it has survived until today.

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