Intervisuality: New Approaches to Greek Literature

Intervisuality: New Approaches to Greek Literature
ISBN-10
3110795523
ISBN-13
9783110795523
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
357
Language
English
Published
2023-03-06
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Authors
Andrea Capra, Lucia Floridi

Description

Intertextuality is a well-known tool in literary criticism and has been widely applied to ancient literature, with, perhaps surprisingly, classical scholarship being at the frontline in developing new theoretical approaches. By contrast, the seemingly parallel notion of intervisuality has only recently begun to appear in classical studies. In fact, intervisuality still lacks a clear definition and scope. Unlike intertextuality, which is consistently used with reference to the interrelationship between texts, the term ‘intervisuality’ is used not only to trace the interrelationship between images in the visual domain, but also to explore the complex interplay between the visual and the verbal. It is precisely this hybridity that interests us. Intervisuality has proved extremely productive in fields such as art history and visual culture studies. By bringing together a diverse team of scholars, this project aims to bring intervisuality into sharper focus and turn it into a powerful tool to explore the research field traditionally referred to as ‘Greek literature’.

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