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The Mercurial Nowhere: Intervention and Lies in Receptions of Hermes/Mercury
The Mercurial Nowhere: Intervention and Lies in Receptions of Hermes/Mercury
상세정보
- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20250211153120
- ISBN
- 9798346859505
- DDC
- 809
- 저자명
- Black, Shane.
- 서명/저자
- The Mercurial Nowhere: Intervention and Lies in Receptions of Hermes/Mercury
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : University of California, Los Angeles, 2024
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
- 형태사항
- 268 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-06, Section: A.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Stahuljak, Zrinka.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2024.
- 초록/해제
- 요약My dissertation considers the messenger of Greco-Roman epic and its evolution from Homer to Dante. At issue is how the epic mode makes sense of the tension between authority, as mandated by the cosmological hegemon Zeus/Jupiter, and the presentation or delivery of that authority by Hermes/Mercury, the god of lies. Considering the chain of reception of the epic herald reveals that epic space is queer space, comprised of infinite possibilities and outcomes that are determined in real time by the intervention of the Mercurial figure, whose oscillation between the dutiful herald and the deceitful trickster represents the tension between closure and catastrophe in the epic mode.I argue that the unique confluence of the Mercurial figure's functions in Aeneid 4 results in the creation of a narratologically liminal zone called the nusquam ("nowhere"), which operates as a kind of paratext alongside the text. Within the locus of the nusquam, the authoritative lies of the Mercurial figure govern the competing narrative strategies that collide in a time and place outside the diegetic bounds of the epic poem.The staging of space and language in the Mercurial figure's nusquam reveals that the epic mode is less dependent upon the distant past than it has been considered historically, and therefore, less orientated towards the reclamation of mythical values, but towards the infinite malleability of space/time. Consequently, an analysis of the epic herald demonstrates that a fundamental characteristic of the epic genre is that its authority is rooted to alterity. The Mercurial is that which makes alterity not only possible, but essential to the formulation of the epic diegesis; it mobilizes the quiet/unspoken/tacit counter narratives that run alongside the primary diegesis. My analysis reveals that power derives from the fragmentation of the epic narrative and that trespassers and interlocutors who do not adhere to historical or literary tradition are ultimately responsible for the direction of the epic narrative.
- 일반주제명
- Comparative literature
- 일반주제명
- Classical literature
- 일반주제명
- Italian literature
- 키워드
- Aeneid
- 키워드
- Epic poetry
- 키워드
- Hermes
- 키워드
- Homeric hymn
- 키워드
- Inferno
- 키워드
- Mercury
- 기타저자
- University of California, Los Angeles Comparative Literature 0192
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-06A.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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■5021 ▼aThesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2024.
■520 ▼aMy dissertation considers the messenger of Greco-Roman epic and its evolution from Homer to Dante. At issue is how the epic mode makes sense of the tension between authority, as mandated by the cosmological hegemon Zeus/Jupiter, and the presentation or delivery of that authority by Hermes/Mercury, the god of lies. Considering the chain of reception of the epic herald reveals that epic space is queer space, comprised of infinite possibilities and outcomes that are determined in real time by the intervention of the Mercurial figure, whose oscillation between the dutiful herald and the deceitful trickster represents the tension between closure and catastrophe in the epic mode.I argue that the unique confluence of the Mercurial figure's functions in Aeneid 4 results in the creation of a narratologically liminal zone called the nusquam ("nowhere"), which operates as a kind of paratext alongside the text. Within the locus of the nusquam, the authoritative lies of the Mercurial figure govern the competing narrative strategies that collide in a time and place outside the diegetic bounds of the epic poem.The staging of space and language in the Mercurial figure's nusquam reveals that the epic mode is less dependent upon the distant past than it has been considered historically, and therefore, less orientated towards the reclamation of mythical values, but towards the infinite malleability of space/time. Consequently, an analysis of the epic herald demonstrates that a fundamental characteristic of the epic genre is that its authority is rooted to alterity. The Mercurial is that which makes alterity not only possible, but essential to the formulation of the epic diegesis; it mobilizes the quiet/unspoken/tacit counter narratives that run alongside the primary diegesis. My analysis reveals that power derives from the fragmentation of the epic narrative and that trespassers and interlocutors who do not adhere to historical or literary tradition are ultimately responsible for the direction of the epic narrative.
■590 ▼aSchool code: 0031.
■650 4▼aComparative literature
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■650 4▼aItalian literature
■653 ▼aAeneid
■653 ▼aEpic poetry
■653 ▼aHermes
■653 ▼aHomeric hymn
■653 ▼aInferno
■653 ▼aMercury
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■690 ▼a0294
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■71020▼aUniversity of California, Los Angeles▼bComparative Literature 0192.
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■791 ▼aPh.D.
■792 ▼a2024
■793 ▼aEnglish
■85640▼uhttp://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T17165075▼nKERIS▼z이 자료의 원문은 한국교육학술정보원에서 제공합니다.


