Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: This article investigates the linguistic register of Classical mythography in order to infer the purpose for which these works were composed. Using sociolinguistics, narratology, and a brief analysis of the enunciative circumstances of the texts, it suggests that the texts were works of reference much like those of later mythography. This has important implications for the contemporary status of mythology.
Source: Kernos
DOI: 10.4000/kernos.426
Author: Robert L. Fowler
Institution: University of Bristol
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2043887668