Scenic narration in the Daniel Sketiotes Dossier of spiritually beneficial tales
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| Year of publication | 2017 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Scandinavian Journal for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies |
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| Web | http://journals.lub.lu.se/index.php/sjbmgs/article/view/17345/15702 |
| Keywords | Byzantine hagiography; Daniel of Scetis; narrative; telling; showing |
| Description | The aim of the paper is to uncover the narrative techniques and features specific to the so-called Daniel Sketiotes Dossier, a group of tales written down by an anonymous author at the end of the 6th century. I try to demonstrate that, in contrast to other similar texts, the Daniel Sketiotes Dossier has several prevailing narrative elements: a tendency to minimise narratorial comments and explications; efforts to present events vividly; and involvement of the audience in the story. I aim to pinpoint the techniques used for creating such an impression and the functions served by such a set of techniques and suggest that the literary technique of the Daniel Sketiotes Dossier is unusual within the genre, especially concerning the systematic preference for the showing mode of presentation. |
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