Character Types and Characterization in Byzantine Edifying Stories
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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1484/M.FABULAE-EB.5.132451" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1484/M.FABULAE-EB.5.132451</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1484/M.FABULAE-EB.5.132451" target="_blank" >10.1484/M.FABULAE-EB.5.132451</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Character Types and Characterization in Byzantine Edifying Stories
Original language description
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.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60206 - Specific literatures
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
Constructing Saints in Greek and Latin Hagiography : Heroes and Heroines in Late Antique and Medieval Narrative
ISBN
9782503602820
Number of pages of the result
17
Pages from-to
123-139
Number of pages of the book
182
Publisher name
Brepols
Place of publication
Turnhout
UT code for WoS chapter
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