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Title

Foreigners and Egyptians in the late Egyptian stories : linguistic, literary and historical perspectives / by Camilla Di Biase-Dyson.

Author

Biase-Dyson, Camilla Di.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

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Description

xx, 488 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

In 'Foreigners and Egyptians in the Late Egyptian Stories' Camilla Di Biase-Dyson applies systemic functional linguistics, literary theory and New Historicist approaches to four of the "Late Egyptian Stories" and shows how language was exploited to establish the narrative roles of literary protagonists. The analysis reveals the shifting power dynamics between the Doomed Prince and his foreign wife and the parody in the depiction of the Hyksos ruler Apophis and his Theban counterpart Seqenenre. It also sheds light on the weight of history in the sketch of the Rebel of Joppa and the general Djehuty and explains the interplay of social expectations in the encounters between the envoy Wenamun and the Levantine princes with whom he seeks to trade.

Series Statement

Probleme der Ägyptologie ; 32. Band

Uniform Title

Probleme der Ägyptologie ; 32. Bd.

Subjects

• Egypt
• History
• Egyptian literature
• Papyri, Hieratic
• 30 B.C.-640 A.D
• Egyptian language > Papyri, Hieratic
• Egypt > History > 30 B.C.-640 A.D

Genre/Form

• History.
• Papyri, Hieratic.

Note

• Originally published as the author's doctoral thesis, 2009.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Machine generated contents note: 1.1. Introduction: Aims and Rationale -- 1.1.1.A New Approach -- 1.2. The Corpus -- 1.2.1. Texts -- 1.2.2. Text Type: Narrative Literature -- 1.2.3. Time Period -- 1.3. The Epistemology of Characterisation to Date -- 1.3.1. Character and Characterisation -- 1.3.2. Approaches to Characterisation in Egyptian Literary Studies -- 1.3.3. Why is a Study of Characterisation Important? -- 1.4. The Foreign Dimension as a Case Study -- 1.4.1. The World according to ... Characterisation in Its Socio-Cultural Context -- 1.4.2. Marking the Frontier: Literature and the Demarcation of Fictional Space -- 1.4.3. Consequences and Reconsiderations -- 1.5.A Multidisciplinary Approach to Character Analysis -- 1.5.1. Systemic Functional Linguistics and Other Linguistic Approaches -- 1.5.2. Literary Theory -- 1.5.3. Using Genre -- 1.5.4.Comparison -- 1.6. Overview and Perspectives -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.1.1. Approach -- 2.1.2. Focus -- 2.1.3. Aims of the Enquiry.
• Contents note continued: 2.1.4. The Paradigms Shaping the Method -- 2.1.5. Using the Paradigms to Fulfil the Aims of the Project -- 2.2.A Generic Typology -- 2.2.1. The Fairy Tale -- 2.2.2. The Historical Narrative -- 2.2.3. The Travel Narrative -- 2.2.4. Conclusion -- 2.3. Systemic Functional Linguistics -- 2.3.1.A Definition of Systemic Functional Linguistics -- 2.3.2. Applying Systemics to Egyptian -- 2.3.3. The Metafunctions -- 2.3.4. Egyptological Approaches to the Metafunctions -- 2.3.5. The Link between Syntax and Semantics -- 2.3.6. The Stylistic Domain: Tying Narrative to a Linguistic Analysis -- 2.4. The Role of the World Outside the Text: New Historicism -- 2.5. Conclusion -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Literary Approaches to the Text -- 3.2.1. Stith Thompson's Motif-Index -- 3.2.2. Vladimir Propp's Morphology -- 3.2.3. Plot Parallels -- 3.3. Character Portrayal and Development: The Individuals -- 3.3.1. Ideational Analysis -- 3.3.2. Textual Analysis -- 3.4. Character Interaction.
• Contents note continued: 3.4.1. Interpersonal Analysis -- 3.5. Power and the Lexicon: Titles, Ethnicity, Rank and Gender -- 3.5.1. The Prince and Princess -- 3.5.2. The Pharaoh and the Chief -- 3.5.3. The Syrian Princes -- 3.5.4. The Messengers -- 3.6. The Motifs Revisited: Narratology and Characterisation -- 3.7. The Role of the Past in the Tale: Evoking the 'Golden Age' -- 3.8. The Role of the Foreign in the Tale -- 3.8.1. The 'Foreignness' of the Characters -- 3.8.2. The 'Foreignness' of the Landscape -- 3.8.3. Delivering the Message: The Role of Fate in Characterisation -- 3.9. Conclusion -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Approaches to the Texts: History versus Literature in Historical Narratives -- 4.2.1. Historical Content -- 4.2.2. Historical Displacement -- 4.2.3. Generic Intertextuality -- 4.2.4. Parody? -- 4.2.5. Problem: Losing the Plot -- 4.3. The Quarrel of Apophis and Seqenenre: Character Portrayal and Development -- 4.3.1. Ideational Analysis -- 4.3.2. Textual Analysis.
• Contents note continued: 4.4. The Quarrel of Apophis and Seqenenre: Character Interaction -- 4.4.1. Interpersonal Analysis -- 4.5. Power and the Lexicon: Titles, Ethnicity and Rank -- 4.5.1. Seqenenre -- 4.5.2. Apophis -- 4.6. The Role of the Past in the Tale -- 4.6.1. Resurrecting the Second Intermediate Period -- 4.6.2. Resurrecting Apophis and Seqenenre -- 4.7. The Role of the Foreign in the Tale -- 4.7.1. The 'Foreignness' of the Characters: Apophis as a -- 4.7.2. Worship as an Index of Ethnicity -- 4.7.3. Worship as an Index of Political Affiliation -- 4.8. Conclusion -- 4.9. The Taking offoppa: Character Portrayal and Development -- 4.9.1. Ideational Analysis -- 4.9.2. Textual Analysis -- 4.10. The Taking offoppa: Character Interaction -- 4.10.1. Interpersonal Analysis -- 4.11. Power and the Lexicon: Titles, Ethnicity and Rank -- 4.12. The Role of the Past in the Tale -- 4.12.1. Resurrecting the Aufstieg Zur Weltmacht -- 4.13. The Role of the Foreign in the Tale.
• Contents note continued: 4.13.1. The 'Foreignness' of the Characters: Maryannu and Apiru -- 4.13.2. The 'Foreignness' of the Landscape -- 4.13.3. Worship as an Index of Ethnicity -- 4.14. Conclusion -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Approaches to the Text: Report versus Literature -- 5.2.1. Features of a Travel Report -- 5.2.2. Generic Intertextuality as Parody? -- 5.2.3. Travel as Discovery in the Reiseerzählung? -- 5.3. Character Portrayal and Development: The Individuals -- 5.3.1. Ideational Analysis -- 5.3.2. Textual Analysis -- 5.4. Character Interaction -- 5.4.1. Interpersonal Analysis -- 5.5. Power and the Lexicon: Titles, Ethnicity, Rank and Gender -- 5.5.1. What's in a 'Wenamun'? -- 5.5.2. Beder -- 5.5.3. Tjekerbaal -- 5.5.4. Hatiba -- 5.5.5. Smendes and Tantamun -- 5.5.6. Herihor -- 5.5.7. Amun -- 5.5.8. The Other Egyptians: Penamun and Tennut -- 5.6. The Role of the Socio-Historical Context -- 5.6.1. Egypt at Home -- 5.6.2. Egypt Abroad -- 5.7. The Role of the Foreign in the Tale.
• Contents note continued: 5.7.1. The Role of Foreign Characters -- 5.7.2.'Foreigner-Speak'? -- 5.7.3. Foreign Locales -- 5.7.4. Worship as an Index of Ethnicity -- 5.7.5. Ethnicity as a Stimulus for Religious Dialectic -- 5.8. Conclusion -- 5.8.1. Irony Served Three Ways -- 6.1. From Microscopes to Telescopes -- 6.2. Findings: Characters in Contrast -- 6.3. Synthesis: Characters as Types -- 6.3.1. Heroes and Anti-Heroes across the Narratives -- 6.3.2. Opponents across the Narratives -- 6.3.3. Helpers across the Narratives -- 6.4. Discussion: Characters in Context -- 6.4.1. The Role of mimesis -- 6.4.2. Foreignness', 'Egyptianisation' and the Role of Religion -- 6.4.3. Bakhtin's Carnival and the Purpose of Ramesside Narrative -- 7.1. Summation -- 7.2. Limitations of the Research -- 7.3. Applications: Looking beyond the Frontier -- A. The Doomed Prince -- B. The Quarrel of Apophis arid Seqenenre -- C. The Taking of Joppa -- D. The Misfortunes of Wenamun.

Call Number

JFE 16-2867

ISBN

• 9789004250888
• 9004250883
• 9789004251304 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2013004993

OCLC

829999629

Author

Biase-Dyson, Camilla Di.

Title

Foreigners and Egyptians in the late Egyptian stories : linguistic, literary and historical perspectives / by Camilla Di Biase-Dyson.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Probleme der Ägyptologie ; 32. Band

Probleme der Ägyptologie ; 32. Bd.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

30 B.C.-640 A.D.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-2867