Der Behinderung einen Sinn verleihen: über die Interpretation von Seh- und Gehbehinderungen bei Figuren des antiken Mythos
"How are disabled figures portrayed in ancient mythology? This thesis examines six prominent figures with disabilities (Thersites, Teiresias, Oidipus, Hephaestus, Philoctetes and Pluto) and analyses how different authors of various genres of ancient literature portray these figures and what rol...
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| Language: | German |
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Berlin Boston
De Gruyter
[2024]
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Classical antiquity
/ Myth
/ Saga (motif)
/ Handicap (Motif)
B Greek language / Literature / Handicap (Motif) / Blindness (Motif) B Myth B Ödipus B Thersites B Teiresias B Hephäst B Philoctetes B Plutos, God |
| Further subjects: | B
Disabilities
Mythology
B Mythologie ancienne B Handicap - Mythologie B Mythology, Classical B Thesis |
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| Summary: | "How are disabled figures portrayed in ancient mythology? This thesis examines six prominent figures with disabilities (Thersites, Teiresias, Oidipus, Hephaestus, Philoctetes and Pluto) and analyses how different authors of various genres of ancient literature portray these figures and what role their lameness or blindness plays. It is shown that the treatment of disabled characters is by no means limited to their exclusion, but that disabilities are part of the sophisticated instruments of ancient narrative art. At the same time, it shows how changeable myths are in the hands of their narrators, who adapt the narrative material to their intentions. Oidipus, for example, by no means necessarily achieves the status of a seer through his self-blinding, but in Sophocles shows that he does not recognise his own responsibility; the limping blacksmith god Hephaestus is by no means always just an outsider, but in Homer even the popular figure on Mount Olympus. The inclusion of late antique philosophers and allegorists in the area of Hephaestus closes a research gap. In this way, the work corrects schematising interpretations and reveals reception phenomena"-- Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 333-352 "Bei der vorliegenden Arbeit handelt es sich um eine leicht überarbeitete und gekürzte Fassung meiner Dissertation, die im Wintersemester 2021/2022 von der Philosophischen Fakultät der Universität Rostock angenommen wurde. Die Verteidigung fand am 22. April 2022 statt." (aus dem Vorwort) |
| Physical Description: | IX, 356 Seiten, 24 cm x 17 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-3-11-138179-4 3-11-138179-X |
