Homer in Albania
Oral Epic and the Geography of Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23448202 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara Graziosi (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Pages | 120-143 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Homer in the Twentieth Century (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199298266.003.0006 |
| OpenAlex | W2481648467 |
| ISBN | 9780199298266 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This chapter examines the Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare's engagement with the work of the Homerist and folklorist Albert Lord. This discussion is prefaced by a review of cross-disciplinary shifts in the understanding and definition of epic in the 20th century, and the effect that these shifts had on the relationship between literature, oral epic, and Homeric poetry. Turning to Kadare, the chapter explains some of the ways in which Lord's research inspired Kadare's novel The File on H through its different Albanian, French, and English incarnations. In particular, it suggests that Lord's research on Serbian epic and its relationship with Homer enabled Kadare to sidestep the conventional canon of Western literature, but that this same strategy of appealing to Lord's work also serves to inscribe Kadare's own work within mainstream European literature.
Art · Economic geography · EPIC · Geography · Literature · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Linguistics and language evolution
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |