The tyrant narrator: notes to a poetics of narrative

The article discusses the use of the term diegesis in Plato’s Republic as a fundamental principle of a poetics of narrative, relating it with the concept of pure freedom (ákratos eleuthería) in Lucian of Samosata. Considering both parameters, it explores the status of the narrator (diegetés) and his...

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Autor: Brandão, Jacyntho Lins
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)
Repositorio:Gragoatá
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/33090
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/33090
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Plato
Lucian of Samosata
narrator
narrative
tyrant-narrator
Platão
Luciano de Samósata
narrador
narrativa
narrador-tirano
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Sumario:The article discusses the use of the term diegesis in Plato’s Republic as a fundamental principle of a poetics of narrative, relating it with the concept of pure freedom (ákratos eleuthería) in Lucian of Samosata. Considering both parameters, it explores the status of the narrator (diegetés) and his tyrannical power, i.e. the ability to report both the credible and the unbelievable.