In the last decade, Greek fiction has gained increasing attention
as a result of new theoretical approaches to the subject--gender
studies, narrative theory and the social analysis of ancient
literature among them. This volume aims to broaden the terms of the
study of Greek fiction while providing the beginner with a synoptic
treatment of the most important works.
Greeks began writing prose fiction in the 4th century BC and the
tradition continued for a millennium and a half. Fictional modes
were used not only for entertaining romances but as a framework for
Christian and Jewish religious literature and for quasi-historical
works or "historical novels."
The contributors to this volume, rather than focusing on the usual
roster of Greek fiction writers--Xenophon of Ephesus, Heliodorus,
Longus, Chariton and Achilles Tatius among them--instead widen the
terms of this debate and set new parameters for the study of Greek
fiction, enabling the reader to view the spectrum of Greek
fictional writing.
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