Modern Theoretical Approaches to Homer
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20060106 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Peradotio (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Pages | 380-395 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | A New Companion to Homer (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004217607_018 |
| OpenAlex | W865352073 |
| ISBN | 9789004217607 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In the classical community, contemporary debate about what constitutes an appropriate scholarly reading tends to represent it as taking two forms. One faces toward the past and concerns itself with sources, origins, historical considerations. The other faces forward and emphasizes the context and situation of the modem reader. More traditional (or, in the parlance of the opposition, 'reactionary') theories identify with the backward-facing form and look to recover original truth or original authorial intent or original audience response as governing protocols that will yield readings more or less impervious to change. Felson-Rubin eschews that strain of postmodernism that distances the reader/critic from what she calls the 'emotional content' of the text. By contrast, postmodern intertextual practice views texts as fragmentary, referring endlessly to other texts, the way a dictionary definition refers explicitly or implicitly to other definitions, no single one of them occupying a privileged, stable, univocal center.Keywords: classical community; Felson-Rubin; postmodern intertextual practice; traditional theories
Cognitive science · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Computer Science · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2011 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |