The Shape of Stories: Narrative Structures in Cuneiform Literature: 54 (Cuneiform Monographs) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004537147 ISBN 13: 9789004537149

Publisher: Brill, 2023

Synopsis

How were narratives composed in the ancient Near East? What patterns and principles, constraints and considerations guided the shaping of cuneiform stories? The study of narrative structures has emerged as a promising approach to the textual heritage of the cuneiform world. Engaging with practically any ancient text--whether literary, historical, or religious--requires some understanding of the narrative forms that shaped their content. This volume gives researchers the tools to better understand those form, illustrating each approach to narrative analysis with a case study from the cultures of the ancient Near East: Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, and Hittite.

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About the Author

Sophus Helle, Ph.D. (2020), Aarhus University, is a postdoctoral researcher in Assyriology at Freie Universität Berlin. His translation of Gilgamesh and the poems of Enheduana, the world’s first author, are published with Yale University Press.

Gina Konstantopoulos, Ph.D. (2015), University of Michigan, is Assistant Professor of Assyriology and Cuneiform Studies at the University of California Los Angeles. Her monograph on the Sebettu-demons is forthcoming with Brill.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004537147
• ISBN 13: 9789004537149
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Konstantopoulos Gina, Helle Sophus