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Contemporary Approaches to Mesopotamian Literature: How to Tell a Story lays theoretical and methodological groundwork for the analysis of Mesopotamian literature. It includes a comprehensive exploration of critical contemporary issues in Sumerian and Akkadian narrative analysis, as well as case studies testing diverse approaches drawn from literary studies.

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Author:   Dahlia Shehata ,  Karen Sonik
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   56
Weight:   0.669kg
ISBN:  

9789004697560

ISBN 10:   900469756
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   15 August 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction: How to Tell a Story in Ancient Mesopotamia  Dahlia Shehata and Karen Sonik Part 1 Issues, Theories, and Methods 1 Mesopotamian Literature: Theories, Methods, and Issues of Sumerian and Akkadian Narrative Analysis  Karen Sonik and Dahlia Shehata Part 2 Sumerian Narratives: Narratological Approaches 2 Focalization and “Story Time”: Techniques of Sumerian Narrative  Anne Löhnert 3 There and Back Again: Journeying and Narrative Structure in the Sumerian Lugalbanda Epics  Gina Konstantopoulos Part 3 Akkadian Gilgamesh Narratives: Contextual and Intertextual Approaches 4 Gilgamesh and the Forest of Gemstones: Symbolic Value—History of Tradition—Intertextuality  Martin Lang 5 Journey towards Death: The Cedar Forest in the SB Gilgamesh Epic from an Intertextual Perspective  Selena Wisnom 6 Allusion or No Allusion: Commenting on the Interpretations of SB Gilgamesh Epic V1–26 and IX171–194  Gösta Ingvar Gabriel Part 4 Assyrian Royal Narratives: Contextual and Intertextual Approaches 7 The Good, the Bad, (and the Ugly?): Propaganda and the Tukulti-Ninurta Epic  Stefan Jakob 8 A Methodology for the Transtextual Analysis of Assyrian Royal Narrative Texts  Johannes Bach 9 Making the Invisible Visible: Propaganda, Ideology, and Intertextuality in Assyrian Royal Narrative  Jamie Novotny and Karen Sonik Part 5 Sumerian and Akkadian Narratives: Novel Approaches 10 Characterization and Identity in Mesopotamian Literature: The Gilgamesh Epic, Enuma elish, and Other Sumerian and Akkadian Narratives  Karen Sonik Index

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Dahlia Shehata, PhD University of Göttingen, completed her habilitation and is Assistant Professor at the University of Würzburg, where she teaches Sumerian, Akkadian, and Mesopotamian history. Her research explores Mesopotamian languages and culture, with particular emphasis on literature and music history. Karen Sonik, PhD University of Pennsylvania, is Associate Professor at Auburn University. Her research explores Mesopotamian literature, with an emphasis on the Sumerian and Akkadian Gilgamesh narratives and Enuma elish, as well as the visual arts, aesthetics, and emotions in Mesopotamia. Contributors are: Johannes Bach, Gösta Gabriel, Stefan Jakob, Gina Konstantopoulos, Martin Lang, Anne Löhnert, Jamie Novotny, Dahlia Shehata, Karen Sonik and Selena Wisnom.

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