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OverviewAnimals were omnipresent in the everyday life and the visual arts of classical Greece. In literature, too, they had significant functions.This book discusses the role of animals - both domestic and wild - and mythological hybrid creatures in ancient Greek literature. Challenging the traditional view of the Greek anthropocentrism, the authors provide a nuanced interpretation of the classical relationship to animals. Through a close textual analysis, they highlight the emergence of the perspective of animals in Greek literature. Central to the book's enquiry is the question of empathy: investigating the ways in which ancient Greek authors invited their readers to empathise with non-human counterparts. The book presents case studies on the animal similes in the Iliad, the addresses to animals and nature in Sophocles' Philoctetes, the human-bird hybrids in The Birds by Aristophanes and the animal protagonists of Anyte's epigrams. Throughout, the authors develop an innovative methodology that combines philological and historical analysis with a philosophy of embodiment, or phenomenology of the body. Shedding new light on how animals were regarded in ancient Greek society, the book will be of interest to classicists, historians, philosophers, literary scholars and all those studying empathy and the human-animal relationship. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tua Korhonen , Erika RuonakoskiPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: I.B. Tauris Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.468kg ISBN: 9781784537616ISBN 10: 1784537616 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 17 March 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction: ???????? is a Greek Word PART I READING ANCIENT GREEK LITERATURE THROUGH PHENOMENOLOGY 1. Situated Bodies: Embodiment and Empathy 2. Different Aspects of Empathy 3. Viewpoint and Embodiment 4. The Other's Voice Inside Me: Intimacy and Strangeness of Reading 5. The Problem of Historicity Summary PART II ANCIENT RHETORICAL STRATEGIES OF EMPATHETIC ENCOUNTER 1. Greek Reflections on Poets and Poetics 2. The Vividness of Artwork and Mimesis 3. Pity versus Identification and Engagement 4. Addresses, Apostrophes and Prosopopoeia Summary PART III ON HUMAN-ANIMAL RELATIONSHIPS IN ANTIQUITY 1. Alterity and Otherness of Animals in Greek Antiquity 2. Interaction, Interplay, and Encounters 3. Metaphorical Animals 4. Greek Anthropocentrism and Anthropomorphism 5. Hybrids and Metamorphoses Summary PART IV FOUR CASE STUDIES 1. Animal Similes in Homer's Iliad 2. Sophocles' Philoctetes 3. Aristophanes' Birds 4. Anyte's Epigrams Summary ConclusionReviews'Tua Korhonen and Erika Ruonakoski open valuable new perspectives on the place of animals in ancient Greek literature by considering the thinking of Husserl and Merleau-Ponty on embodiment and cognition. They combine phenomenological insights with theories of empathy and sympathy, and critical reading theory from Wolfgang Iser and narratology, to form a practical and conceptual ground for examining Greek philosophical thought (from Presocratics to Plato, Aristotle, and Plutarch) and providing impressive close readings of many literary texts from Aesop to Hesiod and Homer, and the epigrammaticist Acyte.' - Louise Westling, Professor Emerita of English and Environmental Studies, University of Oregon, 'This thought-provoking book is about Greek experiences of animals, as they are reflected in Homeric epics, Attic drama and epigrams. By introducing a phenomenological approach with stress on embodiment and empathy, Tua Korhonen and Erika Ruonakoski establish a sound theoretical framework for their study. The authors have a keen eye for the diversity of human interactions with animals, and they include a wide range of examples, such as the behaviour of Odysseus' faithful dog, Argos, how Aristophanes' birds use their bodies and what it is like to be a centaur. In this interdisciplinary and original contribution to the reading of ancient Greek literature, the two authors do an excellent job of making past experiences of animals come alive and speak to moderns.' - Ingvild Saelid Gilhus, Professor, Study of Religion, University of Bergen Highly informative ... the book's main achievement is to make the rich ancient sources on human/animal relations available to a larger audience. * Journal of Greek Archaeology * Author InformationTua Korhonen is Docent of Greek Literature at the University of Helsinki and a member of the editorial board for Trace - The Finnish Journal for Human- Animal Studies.Erika Ruonakoski is University Researcher in Philosophy at the University of Jyvaskyla, and has written extensively on phenomenology and empathy with animals. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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