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A commentary on book 6 of Achilles Tatius Leucippe and Clitophon
Achilles Tatius' novel, Leucippe and Clitophon (2nd c. CE), is a product of the literary experimentation in prose fiction during the Greek intellectual renaissance under the Roman Empire known as the Second Sophistic. For all appearances, the story follows the usual narrative course of the ancient G...
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| author | Bentel, Berenice |
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| description | Achilles Tatius' novel, Leucippe and Clitophon (2nd c. CE), is a product of the literary experimentation in prose fiction during the Greek intellectual renaissance under the Roman Empire known as the Second Sophistic. For all appearances, the story follows the usual narrative course of the ancient Greek erotic adventure novels: boy meets girl, love occurs at first sight, and Fate attempts to keep them apart, triggering an odyssey of bizarre escapades and daring exploits that reaches its inevitable happy conclusion with their reunion and marriage. Achilles Tatius, however, takes each of these tropes far beyond their usual scope, displaying a ludic (and at times ludicrous) panache for defying the genre. This thesis provides the first extensive literary and philological commentary devoted exclusively to the Sixth Book of the novel. I examine both Achilles' unconventional approach to genre and storytelling, and his play on prevailing theories of psychology, physiology, and philosophy to enrich and enliven his narrative. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/36768 A commentary on book 6 of Achilles Tatius Leucippe and Clitophon Bentel, Berenice Chandler, Clive Languages and Literatures Achilles Tatius' novel, Leucippe and Clitophon (2nd c. CE), is a product of the literary experimentation in prose fiction during the Greek intellectual renaissance under the Roman Empire known as the Second Sophistic. For all appearances, the story follows the usual narrative course of the ancient Greek erotic adventure novels: boy meets girl, love occurs at first sight, and Fate attempts to keep them apart, triggering an odyssey of bizarre escapades and daring exploits that reaches its inevitable happy conclusion with their reunion and marriage. Achilles Tatius, however, takes each of these tropes far beyond their usual scope, displaying a ludic (and at times ludicrous) panache for defying the genre. This thesis provides the first extensive literary and philological commentary devoted exclusively to the Sixth Book of the novel. I examine both Achilles' unconventional approach to genre and storytelling, and his play on prevailing theories of psychology, physiology, and philosophy to enrich and enliven his narrative. 2022-08-30T09:15:57Z 2022-08-30T09:15:57Z 2022 2022-08-15T08:21:02Z Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36768 eng application/pdf School of Languages and Literatures Faculty of Humanities |
| spellingShingle | Languages and Literatures Bentel, Berenice A commentary on book 6 of Achilles Tatius Leucippe and Clitophon |
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| title | A commentary on book 6 of Achilles Tatius Leucippe and Clitophon |
| title_full | A commentary on book 6 of Achilles Tatius Leucippe and Clitophon |
| title_fullStr | A commentary on book 6 of Achilles Tatius Leucippe and Clitophon |
| title_full_unstemmed | A commentary on book 6 of Achilles Tatius Leucippe and Clitophon |
| title_short | A commentary on book 6 of Achilles Tatius Leucippe and Clitophon |
| title_sort | commentary on book 6 of achilles tatius leucippe and clitophon |
| topic | Languages and Literatures |
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