Apostrophe in Homer, Apollonius and Callimachus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20045210 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jacqueline Klooster (0000-0002-3963-7354, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 151-173 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Über die Grenze (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | De Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/9783110331721.151 |
| OpenAlex | W2253658231 |
| ISBN | 9783110331721 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This paper will discuss instances in archaic Greek and Hellenistic poetic texts of the remarkable phenomenon that occurs when the narrator of a fiction addresses a character within the narrative, a figure known as ‘apostrophe’. As this form of address obviously breaks down the Genettian ‘holy boundary’ between the extra-diegetical level of the narrator and the intra-diegetical level of the characters, apostrophe is a clear example of metalepsis in the strictest sense: it is an illogical, paradoxical procedure when taken literally. My discussion falls into two parts. In the first part, I look at apostrophe in archaic poetry. I enquire into the function and possible origins of the device there, and attempt to establish a link between the two. In the second part I discuss some instances of apostrophe in Hellenistic poetry and analyse how the device functions here and in what way it can be seen to react to the older examples
Art · Literature · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |