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This volume of essays reflects current theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical approaches to literary anthropology. The interdisciplinary perspectives on novels and travel writing from the past and present are relevant to the social sciences and humanities including anthropology, sociology, political economy, history, cultural studies, literary criticism, gender, and women's studies.

Literature and anthropology. --- Fiction --- Anthropology and literature --- Anthropology --- History and criticism.

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The traditional gulf between the theory and practice of literature and the various areas subjoined under anthropology has hindered the development of some very fruitful perspectives in the realm of poetics and the general theory of literature (particularly in its narrative forms). Poyatos' initial idea of literary anthropology as the study of people and their cultural manifestations through their national literatures - without doubt the richest source of documentation of human life-styles and the most advanced form of our projection in time and space and of communicating with contemporary and

Literature and anthropology --- Anthropology in literature --- Oral tradition in literature --- Anthropology --- Signs and symbols --- Semiotics --- Anthropology and literature --- Literature and anthropology - Congresses --- Anthropology in literature - Congresses. --- Oral tradition in literature - Congresses. --- Anthropology - Congresses --- Signs and symbols - Congresses. --- Semiotics - Congresses

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This collection suggests that the disciplines of literature and anthropology are not static entities but instead fluid sites of shifting cultural currents and academic interests. The essays conclude that the origins, sources, and intersections of the two disciplines are constantly being revised, and reconceived, leading to new possibilities of understanding texts.The authors address the ways in which the language of social science fuses with that of the literary imagination. The essays fit excellently with the current interest in interdisciplinary studies and challenge students to see text

Literature and anthropology. --- Literature, Modern --- Anthropology and literature --- Anthropology --- History and criticism. --- ANTHROPOLOGIE ET LITTERATURE --- LITTERATURE MODERNE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE

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In ancient Greece, the spoken word connoted power, whether in the free speech accorded to citizens or in the voice of the poet, whose song was thought to know no earthly bounds. But how did silence fit into the mental framework of a society that valued speech so highly? Here Silvia Montiglio provides the first comprehensive investigation into silence as a distinctive and meaningful phenomenon in archaic and classical Greece. Arguing that the notion of silence is not a universal given but is rather situated in a complex network of associations and values, Montiglio seeks to establish general principles for understanding silence through analyses of cultural practices, including religion, literature, and law. Unlike the silence of a Christian before an ineffable God, which signifies the uselessness of words, silence in Greek religion paradoxically expresses the power of logos--for example, during prayer and sacrifice, it serves as a shield against words that could offend the gods. Montiglio goes on to explore silence in the world of the epic hero, where words are equated with action and their absence signals paralysis or tension in power relationships. Her other examples include oratory, a practice in which citizens must balance their words with silence in very complex ways in order to show that they do not abuse their right to speak. Inquiries into lyric poetry, drama, medical writings, and historiography round out this unprecedented study, revealing silence as a force in its own right.

Greece -- Civilization. --- Greek literature -- History and criticism. --- Literature and anthropology -- Greece. --- Literature and society -- Greece. --- Silence in literature. --- Silence.

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Artaud, Antonin --- Artaud, Antonin, --- Criticism and interpretation --- Experimental theater --- Experimental drama, French --- Literature and anthropology --- History --- History and criticism --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Experimental theater - France - History - 20th century --- Experimental drama, French - History and criticism --- Literature and anthropology - France --- Theatre (genre litteraire) francais --- Artaud (antonin), 1896-1948 --- 20e siecle --- Critique et interpretation --- History and criticism. --- Knowledge and learning.