The typical and connotative character of Xeinoi situations across the Apologue: Three studies in repetition

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dc.contributor.advisorChandler, Cliveen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Hamishen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-01T10:08:33Z
dc.date.available2017-06-01T10:08:33Z
dc.date.issued2017en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation engages in a close reading and analysis of the Apologue of Homer's Odyssey; specifically, I am concerned with characterizing the nature of xeinoi situations or interactions in these books - that is, the relationship between the Ithacan travellers and the various inhabitants whom they encounter in these four books. There is a significant amount of scholarship on the nature of these encounters in the Apologue, and as my first chapter explores, many of these are often hinged upon certain polarities: hospitality versus inhospitality, civilized versus savage, masculine versus feminine. My study is greatly indebted to these; however, this dissertation explores new avenues of interpreting these encounters. I have adopted an approach to the Odyssey, which is based upon the importance of repetitions and their connotations, what has been termed 'traditional referentiality'. The Homeric poems are defined by an aesthetic of repetition: certain 'units' (which may be isolated words, phrases, actions, scenes, etc.) are given prominence in the narrative through their frequency; when these units are examined with respect to their contexts, the particular units gain associative or 'connotative' meaning from their implementation. In my second, third, and fourth chapters, I explore how the xeinoi situations in the Apologue are pervaded by certain typical units - namely, (i) mountains, (ii) acts of eating, and (iii) acts of trickery - and then, importantly, how these units garner connotative senses of, respectively, (i) isolation, (ii) danger, and (iii) success, which characterize the relationships in these four books. While some of these typical units have received scholarly treatment in the Odyssey as a whole, their specific importance to the Apologue has not been studied extensively, nor have the connotative resonances of these repeated units been fully explored. The importance of these connotations is elaborated on in the conclusion, where I examine how the meaning derived from these xeinoi encounters interplays with the surrounding story of the Odyssey.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWilliams, H. (2017). <i>The typical and connotative character of Xeinoi situations across the Apologue: Three studies in repetition</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Classical Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24448en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWilliams, Hamish. <i>"The typical and connotative character of Xeinoi situations across the Apologue: Three studies in repetition."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Classical Studies, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24448en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWilliams, H. 2017. The typical and connotative character of Xeinoi situations across the Apologue: Three studies in repetition. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Williams, Hamish AB - This dissertation engages in a close reading and analysis of the Apologue of Homer's Odyssey; specifically, I am concerned with characterizing the nature of xeinoi situations or interactions in these books - that is, the relationship between the Ithacan travellers and the various inhabitants whom they encounter in these four books. There is a significant amount of scholarship on the nature of these encounters in the Apologue, and as my first chapter explores, many of these are often hinged upon certain polarities: hospitality versus inhospitality, civilized versus savage, masculine versus feminine. My study is greatly indebted to these; however, this dissertation explores new avenues of interpreting these encounters. I have adopted an approach to the Odyssey, which is based upon the importance of repetitions and their connotations, what has been termed 'traditional referentiality'. The Homeric poems are defined by an aesthetic of repetition: certain 'units' (which may be isolated words, phrases, actions, scenes, etc.) are given prominence in the narrative through their frequency; when these units are examined with respect to their contexts, the particular units gain associative or 'connotative' meaning from their implementation. In my second, third, and fourth chapters, I explore how the xeinoi situations in the Apologue are pervaded by certain typical units - namely, (i) mountains, (ii) acts of eating, and (iii) acts of trickery - and then, importantly, how these units garner connotative senses of, respectively, (i) isolation, (ii) danger, and (iii) success, which characterize the relationships in these four books. While some of these typical units have received scholarly treatment in the Odyssey as a whole, their specific importance to the Apologue has not been studied extensively, nor have the connotative resonances of these repeated units been fully explored. The importance of these connotations is elaborated on in the conclusion, where I examine how the meaning derived from these xeinoi encounters interplays with the surrounding story of the Odyssey. DA - 2017 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2017 T1 - The typical and connotative character of Xeinoi situations across the Apologue: Three studies in repetition TI - The typical and connotative character of Xeinoi situations across the Apologue: Three studies in repetition UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24448 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWilliams H. The typical and connotative character of Xeinoi situations across the Apologue: Three studies in repetition. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Classical Studies, 2017 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24448en_ZA
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dc.publisher.departmentClassical Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
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dc.titleThe typical and connotative character of Xeinoi situations across the Apologue: Three studies in repetitionen_ZA
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