Christiane Reitz

Norbert Kramer

Following the confusion that accompanied the demise of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, the Flavians succeeded in restoring stability to Rome. This volume of papers deals with the media strategies which were employed to help overcome a difficult initial situation and to master the crisis, thus establishing prosperous conditions in Rome and the Empire. 18 contributions from classical philology, archaeology and ancient history examine the new aesthetical orientation of literature and art in the Flavian period as well as the self-representation of the Flavian dynasty.

mediale Strategien in der Zeit der Flavier

Tradition und Erneuerung

Nicola Hömke

Lucan s Bellum Civile is one of the most impressive and unusual works of Silver Age Latin literature, and has been the subject of much research in recent years. In this volume well-known experts on Lucan examine the poetological, narratological and stylistic techniques the author employed to write on the theme of civil war. The epic poem is at once both conforms to and exceeds the tradition of the genre, and confronts its readers with a new kind of aesthetic."

Between Epic Tradition and Aesthetic Innovation

Lucan's Bellum Civile

Marietta Horster

Mit Hesiod beginnt die Tradition lehrhaften Dichtens in der Antike. Wie Wissen in dichterischer Gestalt vermittelt wird, unterliegt dem historischen Wandel. Welche Funktionen erfuellt das Lehrgedicht im sich wandelnden soziokulturellen Kontext? L�sst sich eine Periodisierung in der Gattungsgeschichte feststellen? Wie bedingen sich Traditionsbezogenheit lehrhaften Dichtens auf der einen und experimentelle Themenvielfalt auf der anderen Seite? In welchem Verh�ltnis stehen poetische und prosaische Fach- und Lehrschriften? Diesen Fragen gingen die Philologen und Historiker w�hrend des 2. Rostocker Kolloquiums zu antiken Fachschriftstellern nach. Entstanden ist ein Band, in dem chronologisch der Bogen vom archaischen Griechenland bis ins lateinische Mittelalter gespannt wird, und in dem theoretische �berlegungen ebenso wie Einzelinterpretationen sich zu einem �berblick ueber die Funktionsweise von Wissensvermittlung in dichterischer Gestalt runden. Mit Beitr�gen von: Marietta Horster / Christiane Reitz, Peter Toohey, Bernd Effe, Wilhelm Bluemer, Oliver Primavesi, Christian K��er, Peter Kruschwitz, Wolfgang Huebner, Katharina Volk, Monica Gale, Claudia Schindler, Christiane Reitz, Roland Mayer, Alison Sharrock, Marco Formisano, Thomas Haye.

Wissensvermittlung in dichterischer Gestalt

Simone Finkmann

This compendium (4 vols.) studies the continuity, flexibility, and variation of structural elements in epic narratives. It provides an overview of the structural patterns of epic poetry by means of a standardized, stringent terminology. Both diachronic developments and changes within individual epics are scrutinized in order to provide a comprehensive structural approach and a key to intra- and intertextual characteristics of ancient epic poetry.

Vol. I: Foundations. Vol. II.1/II.2: Configuration. Vol. III: Continuity

Structures of Epic Poetry

Lucan’s Bellum Civile is one of the most impressive and unusual works of Silver Age Latin literature, and has been the subject of much research in recent years. In this volume well-known experts on Lucan examine the poetological, narratological and stylistic techniques the author employed to write on the theme of civil war. The epic poem is at once both conforms to and exceeds the tradition of the genre, and confronts its readers with a new kind of aesthetic.

Christiane Reitz

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