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@article{2249055,
author = {Dzurillová, Zuzana and Kulhánková, Markéta},
article_number = {3},
keywords = {Greek narrative; Byzantine poetry; narratology; historical present tense; Digenis Akritis},
language = {eng},
issn = {0017-3916},
journal = {Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies},
title = {The Historical Present in the Grottaferrata and Escorial Versions of Digenis Akritis : A Narratological Insight},
url = {https://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/16695},
volume = {62},
year = {2022}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 2249055
AU - Dzurillová, Zuzana - Kulhánková, Markéta
PY - 2022
TI - The Historical Present in the Grottaferrata and Escorial Versions of Digenis Akritis : A Narratological Insight
JF - Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
VL - 62
IS - 3
SP - 365-384
EP - 365-384
SN - 00173916
KW - Greek narrative
KW - Byzantine poetry
KW - narratology
KW - historical present tense
KW - Digenis Akritis
UR - https://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/16695
N2 - “Digenis Akritis” well known as the only representative of genuinely Byzantine heroic poetry. This study focuses on the two oldest versions of the poem (Grottaferrata and Escorial) and provides a comparative analysis of their use of the so-called historical present tense, which is a generally neglected topic in the study of Byzantine literature. We distinguish between the diegetic type of the device, which is used in both versions, and the mimetic type which occurs in scenic narrative and is frequently used in the E version. Additionally, we recognize a ‘connective’ function of the diegetic HP used in formulas in the E version. The study of the historical present tense helps us to see more clearly the differences in the overall narrative technique of these two version: G recounts events with a larger degree of distance and abstraction. Its sparse use of the HP corresponds with authoritative written discourse. In E, on the other hand, the abundant use in scenic narratives of HPs with an immersive function provides more detailed, visualizing, and engaging descriptions of events.
ER -
DZURILLOVÁ, Zuzana and Markéta KULHÁNKOVÁ. The Historical Present in the Grottaferrata and Escorial Versions of Digenis Akritis : A Narratological Insight. \textit{Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies}. 2022, vol.~62, No~3, p.~365-384. ISSN~0017-3916.
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