Plutarch's Parallel lives : narrative technique and moral judgement

Chrysanthou, Chrysanthos S. (Chrysanthos Stelios) 1987- (author.).

Summary: In the Parallel Lives Plutarch does not absolve his readers of the need for moral reflection by offering any sort of hard and fast rules for their moral judgement. Rather, he uses strategies to elicit readers' active engagement with the act of judging. This book, drawing on the insights of recent narrative theories, especially narratology and reader-response criticism, examines Plutarch's narrative techniques in the Parallel Lives of drawing his readers into the process of moral evaluation and exposing them to the complexities entailed in it. Subjects discussed include Plutarch's prefatory projection of himself and his readers and the interaction between the two; Plutarch's presentation of the mental and emotional workings of historical agents, which serves to re-enact the participants' experience at the time and thus arouse empathy in the readers; Plutarch's closural strategies and their profound effects on the readers' moral inquiry; Plutarch's principles of historical criticism in On the malice of Herodotus in relation to his narrative strategies in the Lives. Through illustrating Plutarch's narrative technique, this book elucidates Plutarch's praise-and-blame rhetoric in the Lives as well as his sensibility to the challenges inherent in recounting, reading about, and evaluating the lives of the great men of history.

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Physical Description: 1 online resource (238 pages)
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Publisher: Berlin : De Gruyter, [2018]
Copyright: �2018

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General Note:	CatMonthString:january.20 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	Frontmatter -- Preface / Chrysanthou, Chrysanthos S. -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: Plutarch's Lives, Moralism, and Narrative Technique -- 2. Life-Writing in Triangles: Plutarch, Readers, and the Men of History -- 3. Emotion, Perception, and Cognition: The Individual and Society -- 4. A Life without End? -- 5. "It Remains to Consider the Lives in Parallel" (Ag./Cleom.-Gracchi 1.1) -- 6. Conclusion: On the Malice of Plutarch? -- Texts, translations, and abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index Locorum -- Index Nominum et Rerum.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Language Note:	In English.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Mrz 2018).