Narrators and Focalizers: The Presentation of the Story in the Iliad [Paperback]

Irene de Jong'sNarrators and Focalizerswas acclaimed as one of the pioneering texts to introduce narratology (the theory that deals with the general principles underlying narrative texts) to classical scholarship. The book explains key concepts such as 'narrator', 'narratee', 'focalization', 'analepsis' and 'prolepsis', highlighting their relevance by using them for the analysis and interpretation of Homer's Iliad. What is the role of the narrator, how does the subjectivity of the characters find expression, and how do the parts of the story told by the narrator relate to the many speeches for which Homer is famous?

This new edition of this important work includes a substantial new Introduction by the author, offering an overview of the trends in Homeric narratological scholarship over the last decade, along with a much more user-friendly Index of Passages.

This work explains the key concepts of narratology, prolepsis , highlighting their relevance by using them for the analysis and interpretatin of Homer's Iliad . This is a reissue with a new introduction by the author, offering an overview of the trends in Homeric narratological scholarship.

Irene de Jongis Professor of Ancient Greek Literature in the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She specializes in the application of narratology to ancient texts. Her books includeNarrative in Drama: the art of the Euripidean messenger speech(1991) andA Narratological Commentary on the Odyssey(2001).Surely a strong candidate for any prize for the most successful application of narratology to an ancient text. Simon Hornblower, Greek Historiography

Acknowledgements
Introduction to the first edition
Introduction to the second edition, 2004
Glossary
1. The presentation of the story in the Iliad: the state of the art
2. A narratological model of analysis
3. Simple narrator-text
4. Complex narrator-text (embedded focalization)
5. Character-text (splSÉ