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In de serie 'Elementaire deeltjes', boekjes in pocketformaat over grote onderwerpen, is het deel over de Klassieke Literatuur geschreven door Jacqueline Klooster, classica aan de Groningse Universiteit. Beginnend bij de vraag 'wat is klassieke literatuur' geeft zij in minder dan tweehonderd pagina's een uitstekend overzicht van de Grieks-Romeinse literatuur van Homerus in de achtste eeuw v.Chr. tot de late oudheid in de vierde eeuw na Chr. Hoewel Klooster zeer volledig is, wordt de tekst nergens opsommerig. Dat komt niet alleen door haar superieure stijl van schrijven, maar ook doordat ze zich richt op de essentie van het werk en op literaire verbanden binnen de oudheid en tot in onze tijd. Dit maakt het boekje een plezier om te lezen en leidt ook voor ingevoerde lezers tot verrassende inzichten. Van harte aanbevolen. Kleine druk.

Classical literature

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In his essay 'Des espaces autres' (1984) Michel Foucault announced that after the nineteenth century, which was dominated by a historical outlook, the current century might rather be the century of space. His prophecy has been fulfilled: the end of the twentieth century witnessed a 'spatial turn' in humanities which was perhaps partly due to the globalisation of our modern world. Inspired by the spatial turn in the humanities, this volume presents a number of essays on the ideological role of space in literary texts. The individual articles analyse ancient and modern literary texts from the angle of the most recent theoretical conceptualisations of space. The focus throughout is on how the 'experience' of space is determined by dominant political, philosophical or religious ideologies and how, in turn, 'the description of spaces in literature' is employed to express, broadcast or deconstruct this experience. By bringing together ancient and modern texts, this volume hopes to stimulate discussion among disciplines and across continents.

Space and time in literature. --- Space and time as a theme in literature --- 82.04 --- 82.04 Literaire thema's --- Literaire thema's

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"Aetiologies seem to gratify the human desire to understand the origin of a phenomenon. However, as this book demonstrates, aetiologies do not exclusively explore origins. Rather, in inventing origin stories they authorise the present and try to shape the future. This book explores aetiology as a tool for thinking, and draws attention to the paradoxical structure of origin stories. Aetiologies reduce complex ambivalence and plurality to plainly causal and temporal relations, but at the same time, by casting an anchor into the past, they open doors to progress and innovation"--

Classical literature --- Origin (Philosophy) in literature --- History and criticism

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In a brief essay called Des espaces autres (1984) Michel Foucault announced that after the nineteenth century, which was dominated by a historical outlook, the current century might rather be the century of space. His prophecy has been fulfilled: the end of the twentieth century witnessed a ‘spatial turn’ in humanities which was perhaps partly due to the globalisation of our modern world. Inspired by the spatial turn in the humanities, this volume presents a number of essays on the ideological role of space in literary texts. The individual articles analyse ancient and modern literary texts from the angle of the most recent theoretical conceptualisations of space. The focus throughout is on how the experience of space is determined by dominant political, philosophical or religious ideologies and how, in turn, the description of spaces in literature is employed to express, broadcast or deconstruct this experience. By bringing together ancient and modern, mostly postcolonial texts, this volume hopes to stimulate discussion among disciplines and across continents.

Space and time in literature.

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In a brief essay called Des espaces autres (1984) Michel Foucault announced that after the nineteenth century, which was dominated by a historical outlook, the current century might rather be the century of space. His prophecy has been fulfilled: the end of the twentieth century witnessed a ‘spatial turn’ in humanities which was perhaps partly due to the globalisation of our modern world. Inspired by the spatial turn in the humanities, this volume presents a number of essays on the ideological role of space in literary texts. The individual articles analyse ancient and modern literary texts from the angle of the most recent theoretical conceptualisations of space. The focus throughout is on how the experience of space is determined by dominant political, philosophical or religious ideologies and how, in turn, the description of spaces in literature is employed to express, broadcast or deconstruct this experience. By bringing together ancient and modern, mostly postcolonial texts, this volume hopes to stimulate discussion among disciplines and across continents.

Space and time in literature.