KULHÁNKOVÁ, Markéta. Character Types and Characterization in Byzantine Edifying Stories. In De Temmerman, Koen; Van Pelt, Julie; Staat, Klazina. Constructing Saints in Greek and Latin Hagiography : Heroes and Heroines in Late Antique and Medieval Narrative. Turnhout: Brepols, 2023, p. 123-139. Fabulae 2. ISBN 978-2-503-60282-0. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1484/M.FABULAE-EB.5.132451.
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Original name Character Types and Characterization in Byzantine Edifying Stories
Authors KULHÁNKOVÁ, Markéta (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Turnhout, Constructing Saints in Greek and Latin Hagiography : Heroes and Heroines in Late Antique and Medieval Narrative, p. 123-139, 17 pp. Fabulae 2, 2023.
Publisher Brepols
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Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study 60206 Specific literatures
Country of publisher Belgium
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/23:00130613
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
ISBN 978-2-503-60282-0
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1484/M.FABULAE-EB.5.132451
Keywords in English Byzantine hagiography; Greek narrative; edifying story; History of Monks in Egypt; Lausiac History; Daniel Sketiotes; character construction; character types; actantial model;
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Abstract
The chapter offers a comparative analysis of three types of heroes that emerge either as protagonists or as secondary characters in three early Byzantine collections of edifying stories: the History of the Monks in Egypt, the Lausiac History and the Daniel Sketiotis Dossier. These types are common and also often present in saints’ Lives: the desert father, the fool, and the restored sinner. In each section, I first examine the direct characterization of heroes, especially in their introduction to the scene; next, I concentrate on the way the characters are presented in action and the roles they play in events; and finally, I investigate how and to what extent insight into the heroes’ minds is offered. Although all authors of the selected collections equally adhere to the same emphasis on action and conciseness, they choose different devices and strategies to construct their central character types. Consequently, they accomplish their edifying purpose in different ways by emphasizing different elements of the saints’ characters.
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