“I am One”: The Fragile/Assertive Self and Thematic Unity in the Theocritean Oeuvre

“I am One”: The Fragile/Assertive Self and Thematic Unity in the Theocritean Oeuvre

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Main Author: Self, Stephen N.
Language:English
Published: University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK 2011
Subjects:
Classical Studies
Theocritus
criticism
themes
fragile
assertive
self
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1311692392
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ucin13116923922021-08-03T06:14:49Z “I am One”: The Fragile/Assertive Self and Thematic Unity in the Theocritean Oeuvre Self, Stephen N. Classical Studies Theocritus criticism themes fragile assertive self Since antiquity, critical reception of Theocritus has focused on bucolic as the poet’s quintessential domain, whether in the belief that the term designates a small, separable portion of his total corpus or more generally applies to many, most, or all of his hexameter works. As a result, many of Theocritus’ non-herding poems have received, on the whole, less critical attention than the herding ones. The book-length studies of Griffiths (1979b), Burton (1995), and Hunter (1996) attempt to redress this imbalance in treatment by dividing the non-herding works into various sub-genres, such as patronage poetry, mimes, hymns, and pederastic poetry, and dealing with each in relative isolation from the rest of the corpus. While this approach may finally give less scrutinized poems their due, it results in the same kind of tunnel vision vis-à-vis the figure of the poet as bucolic-centered studies. A more unitary view of Theocritus is called for. Analysis of the Idylls as a whole from the standpoint of themes and imagery, as opposed to genre, may hold the key to that view. 2011-09-23 English text University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1311692392 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1311692392 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Classical Studies
Theocritus
criticism
themes
fragile
assertive
self
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Theocritus
criticism
themes
fragile
assertive
self
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