Mimetic Theory, Sacrifice, and The Iliad?
This essay strives to apply Girard's mimetic theory to Homeric sacrifice scenes, poetic characterizations, and the plot of the Iliad. The theory is found to be wanting at the level of sacrifice scenes, and barely salient at the levels of poetic characterization and plot. On the whole, Girard...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Equinox
[2016]
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Bulletin for the study of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 45, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 46-57 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Homerus, Ilias
/ Sacrifice
/ Mimesis
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RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BE Greco-Roman religions |
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