Touching heroes : the homeric construction of intimacy
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation examines the poetics of intimacy in the Iliad and the Odyssey and demonstrates that they employ an observable system when constructing close contact. It does so by first defining 'intimacy' as those moments of extreme physical and emotional closeness between characters, which it situates in archaic Greek epic. It then breaks down these encounters into their three essential elements: stance, physical connection, and verbal intercourse. Together, they make an interaction 'intimate.' Each of these elements is treated in its own chapter, which allows my dissertation to examine all the phrases and formulas that constitute them, as well as their various shades of meaning and thematic implications. Characters do not just stand near one another and touch each other with gesture and speech, they use a variety of stances and actions that, in turn, produce a myriad of effects and associations. They also make themselves vulnerable. My dissertation establishes the fullness of Homer's intimate poetics and, in doing so, brings to light the ambiguity of intimacy inherent to this system. Whether on the battlefield or at home, the poet's description of interaction links care and violence in surprising and disturbing ways.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2018 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | McMullin, Israel Forrest |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Classics. |
| Primary advisor | Martin, Richard P |
| Thesis advisor | Martin, Richard P |
| Thesis advisor | Peponi, Anastasia-Erasmia |
| Thesis advisor | Rehm, Rush |
| Advisor | Peponi, Anastasia-Erasmia |
| Advisor | Rehm, Rush |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Israel Forrest McMullin. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Classics. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2018. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2018 by Israel Forrest McMullin
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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