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Irony and the Interpretation of Theocritus' Idylls 24, 18, and 26
Irony and the Interpretation of Theocritus' Idylls 24, 18, and 26
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- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20250211151421
- ISBN
- 9798382837529
- DDC
- 880
- 서명/저자
- Irony and the Interpretation of Theocritus Idylls 24, 18, and 26
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : University of Pennsylvania, 2024
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
- 형태사항
- 171 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-12, Section: A.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Damon, Cynthia.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 2024.
- 초록/해제
- 요약This dissertation uses situational irony to interpret problematic passages located in a subset of Theocritus' mythological poems. (I define "problematic" as having attracted modern scholarly debate that has not been sufficiently resolved.) My examination of Theocritean irony differs from the only existing monograph on the topic (Horstmann 1976) in offering more detailed analyses and in reading passages and poems that this monograph ignores. In a chapter on Idyll 24, I argue that reading the catalogue of Heracles' education against the hero's traditional later life highlights an incongruity between Heracles' training and actual deeds. This comparative reading humorously characterizes young Heracles as toiling in vain. In a chapter on Idyll 18, I argue that reading the description of Helen's tree cult against Odyssey 4, Euripides' Helen, Plato's Phaedrus, and fragments of Stesichorus reveals inconsistencies between the charmingly innocent expectations placed upon Helen's new marriage and what readers know will eventually happen to it. In a chapter on Idyll 26, I argue that reading the speaker's moralizing interjection against Euripides' Bacchae highlights an incongruity between the levels of piety embodied by the speaker of the Idyll and the various characters in the play. This incongruity characterizes the speaker's piety as uninformed by a critical reading of the Bacchae: the speaker confidently rattles off religious "truisms" without realizing that many of them are challenged in the play. Ultimately, this dissertation, which is situated at the intersection of childhood, cognitive, and religious studies, shows that, although the heroes and heroines in Theocritus are outside of the world of pastoral, they have humorous characteristics, including ignorance and naivete, in common with the shepherds of the more famous bucolic Idylls.
- 일반주제명
- Classical literature
- 일반주제명
- Literature
- 일반주제명
- Language
- 일반주제명
- Classical studies
- 키워드
- Greek literature
- 키워드
- Idylls
- 키워드
- Irony
- 키워드
- Theocritus
- 기타저자
- University of Pennsylvania Classical Studies
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-12A.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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