GREEKS AND BARBARIANS IN HOMER’S “ODYSSEY”
Homer’s “Odyssey”, viewed as a relevant literary source for Archaic Greece, has led to the development of different research domains through the medium of hermeneutics or text interpretation. One of these directions regards the reconstitution of social aspects pertaining to the Archaic Greek world....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Editura Muzeul National al Literaturii Romane
2013-05-01
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| Series: | Diversitate si Identitate Culturala in Europa |
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| Online Access: | http://www.diversite.eu/pdf/10_1/DICE_10.1_Full_Text_p135-p146-Stefania-VOICU.pdf |
| Summary: | Homer’s “Odyssey”, viewed as a relevant literary source for Archaic Greece, has led to the development of different research domains through the medium of hermeneutics or text interpretation. One of these directions regards the reconstitution of social aspects pertaining to the Archaic Greek world. Given that Odysseus’ adventures unfold beyond the borders of the world known by the hero, Greek identity can only be rendered by exclusion, the exclusion of the Other: the reverse of the reprehensible deeds or aspects of the Other comes to define the real, or at least desirable, characteristics of the one operating the exclusion. |
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| ISSN: | 2067-0931 |