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Contrafactual Structures in Ancient Greek Narrative.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Contrafactual Structures in Ancient Greek Narrative./
Author:	Polsley, Cynthia Carolyn.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2019,
Description:	335 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-03, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International81-03A.
Subject:	Classical studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=13807873
ISBN:	9781088308431

Contrafactual Structures in Ancient Greek Narrative.
Polsley, Cynthia Carolyn.

Contrafactual Structures in Ancient Greek Narrative. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019 - 335 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-03, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 2019.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

This dissertation reconsiders the role of contrary-to-fact statements (contrafactuals, also known as counterfactuals or CTFs) in ancient Greek narrative. Applying the significance of CTFs in everyday life to the recent scientific hypothesis that our universe may actually be a holographic construct, I argue that CTF alternatives marked by recognizable structures ("hologrammar") definitively contribute to our perception of narratives as experiential constructs. As they invite narratees to become viewers and to see multiple narrative dimensions at once, CTFs create an immersive experience that connects alternative worlds and implies slippage between real and unreal situations.The chapters of this dissertation explore narratorial strategies of CTF experientiality pertaining to certain essential aspects of real and unreal relationships. First, Chapter 1 describes how alternative worlds such as those in Pindar's Pythian 3 challenge the assumed priority of apparent reality by blurring and overlapping ontological levels. Chapter 2, an analysis of Aeneas's "death" scenes in Homer's Iliad, examines the numerous layers of detail that emerge in complex illustrations of CTF focalization and space-time, recommending an "alter-narratology" that privileges its viewers. In Chapter 3, three very different alter-narratives demonstrate the far-reaching influence of contrafactual identity manipulation, which I refer to as a process of "refraction": Herodotus's Histories 1.191, an alternative view of Babylon's capture by Cyrus of Persia; Theocritus's Idyll 2, the character Delphis's account of an unrealized paraclausithyron at Simaetha's door; and Odyssey 24.529-530, a final epic CTF that threatens the personae and nostoi of Odysseus and the Ithacans.CTF networking with factual primary narratives occurs in subtler configurations, as well. Chapter 4 investigates unrealized wishes in cooperation with broader CTF declarations ("wish-CTFs") in Lucian's The Ship, or The Wishes, a satirical dialogue featuring an extensive alternative thought experiment. As shown in Chapter 5, recurring themes, word choice, and linguistic cues exploit CTF elements on both overt and covert registers in cases such as Thucydides's treatment of the Peloponnesians' unrealized attack on the Athenian Peiraeus in 429/ 428 B.C. (2.94.1) The result is an active interfacing between explicit CTFs and implicit alternatives involving Plataea, Corcyra, and Salamis, with powerful and uncomfortable ramifications for the real Athens.Overall, the central questions of this project are these: given that CTFs have such strong and recognized effects outside of narrative, where and how do they engage with the narrative real-worlds of ancient Greece? In general, as discussed in this study, CTFs are sites of dynamic interplay between worlds. Contrafactuals' rich portrayals of unreality deepen our investment in reality itself. Presentations of unreal outcomes thus encourage critical thinking that impacts narratees on multiple levels, and demonstrate the types of techniques that lead to CTFs' continual appearances not only in all kinds of ancient narratives, but also in modern scholarship, alternate/ alternative histories, speculative and science fiction, and popular culture.

ISBN: 9781088308431Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Classical studies.

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