Latin DimensionClassical and Biblical Influence - Oxford Scholarship by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Format: pdf
Tags: The final three chapters address the question of the saga's contemporary purpose and significance: why was it written, and what did it mean for its tenth‐ or eleventh‐century author(s) and audiences? Chapter 8 explores the possibility that its composition was informed (although not dictated) by the Latin literary culture in which eleventh‐century Irish writers were steeped, engaging with recent lively debates about the influence of classical and biblical literature on native Irish sagas. The author suggests that, while classical epic may have provided structural and stylistic precedents for the composition of the Togail, close attention to this saga turns out to cast doubt on some of the stronger claims made by scholars about classical epic as a necessary model for the composition of large‐scale Irish sagas. The chapter briefly assesses the somewhat more promising evidence for biblical influence on Irish sagas, to prepare the ground for chapter 9.


Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.