In the Second Degree
Paratextual Literature in Ancient Near Eastern and Ancient Mediterranean Culture and Its Reflections in Medieval Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19933458 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip S Alexander |
| Editors | Philip Alexander (0000-0002-2399-4154), Armin Lange, Renate Pillinger |
| Year | 2010 |
| Publication date | 2010-10-16 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | In the second degree (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/ej.9789004187733.i-284 |
| OpenAlex | W2476080132 |
| ISBN | 9789004187733 |
| Open Library | OL29610294M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
To better understand the phenomenon of Literature in the Second Degree – in Jewish and Biblical studies often characterized as parabiblical or Rewritten Bible – the current volume applies the theories of Gerard Genette to ancient and medieval literature from various cultures. Literature in the Second Degree realigns earlier (authoritative) texts to the dynamics of developing cultures and their changing cultural memories. In the case of authoritative base texts, Literature in the Second Degree reaffirms their authority by way of interpretative actualization. In the case of non-authoritative base texts it replaces them to effect cultural forgetting. Far from being just literary forgery (pseudepigraphy), Literature in the Second Degree has an important function in the development of the ancient and medieval cultures
Art · Degree (music) · Epistemology · Evolutionary biology · Forgetting · Function (biology) · Linguistics · Literature · Phenomenon · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Philosophy · Ancient Literature · Apocryphal books · Classical and medieval · Collective memory and literature · Comparative Literature · Congresses · Criticism, interpretation · History and criticism · Intertextuality · Literature, ancient · Literature, ancient, history and criticism · Literature, Medieval · Literature, medieval, history and criticism · Medieval and classical · Medieval Literature · Middle Eastern literature · Middle eastern literature, history and criticism · Paratext · Rabbinical literature · Rabbinical literature, history and criticism
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2020 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |