Ancient Egyptian Literature

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verena M. Lepper
Keyword(s):  
Prose Poetry ◽  
Vocabulary Size ◽  
Religious Texts ◽  
Ancient Egyptian ◽  
Vocabulary Richness ◽  
Egyptian Literature ◽  
Middle Egyptian

This chapter discusses the genre and style of Ancient Egyptian literature. Through the application of lexicostatistics, it analyses a total of fifty texts. Having examined the vocabulary size of Middle Egyptian narratives, Late Egyptian narratives, speeches, and dialogues, the texts under investigation are grouped into genres such as ‘religious texts’, ‘artful prose’, ‘poetry’, ‘teachings’, and so on. On the basis of texts existing in several copies, it becomes apparent that a text maintains a constant vocabulary richness independent of its length. Each copy therefore facilitates the determination of the genre of a text. Furthermore, the language of a text (Middle or Late Egyptian) proves not to be decisive for the vocabulary richness of a text, but rather it is genre that is indicative. The chapter also investigates the question of the practical function of texts, which can best be detected during experimental reading.

Ancient Egyptian Literature

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ancient Egyptian ◽  
Egyptian Literature

Middle Egyptian Literature

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
James P. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Egyptian Literature ◽  
Middle Egyptian

The Reception of Demotic Narrative

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Tait
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Reception Theory ◽  
Oral Literature ◽  
Limited Extent ◽  
Oral Performance ◽  
Ancient Egyptian ◽  
Prose Narratives ◽  
Egyptian Literature ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter discusses aspects of Demotic Egyptian prose narratives of the Greek and Roman periods, viewed against the background of the growing significance of reception theory in the study of ancient Egyptian literature in general. It reviews the development since the nineteenth century of ideas on the ancient audiences for Demotic literature. The problematic evidence for readers and performance is examined, to a very limited extent with reference to the nature of the finds and find-spots of manuscripts, but chiefly by paying attention to their format and their contents. As for the relationship with oral literature, it is suggested that the material essentially belonged to a written tradition, and was designed primarily for oral performance within temple communities.

Egyptian Life, by and with Literary Texts

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludwig D. Morenz
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Potential Significance ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Belles Lettres ◽  
Egyptian Literature ◽  
And Function ◽  
Writing Errors ◽  
Theoretical Considerations ◽  
Middle Egyptian

This chapter discusses aspects of Egyptian ‘fine literature’ (belles-lettres), and combines general literary and cultural-scientific theoretical considerations with specific case studies from both Middle Egyptian and Late Egyptian literature. It addresses questions of form and function, producers and recipients, as well as discussing the search for empirical readers. Also discussed are the question of original manuscripts and the potential significance of writing errors.

Ancient Egyptian Literature: History and Forms

1999 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
Ludwig D. Morenz ◽  
Antonio Loprieno
Keyword(s):  
Ancient Egyptian ◽  
Egyptian Literature ◽  
Literature History

Book Review: Ancient Egyptian Literature

1988 ◽  
Vol 71 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 52-53
Author(s):  
M. A. Leahy
Keyword(s):  
Ancient Egyptian ◽  
Egyptian Literature

Ancient Egyptian Literature. A Book of Readings. Volume III: The Late Period

1985 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
M. A. Leahy ◽  
Miriam Lichtheim
Keyword(s):  
Late Period ◽  
Ancient Egyptian ◽  
Egyptian Literature
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