Immersion, identification, and the Iliad

Immersion, identification, and the Iliad

Why do people care about this foundational epic poem and its characters? This book applies to 'The Iliad' research in communications, literary studies, media studies, and psychology on how readers of a story or viewers of a play, movie, or television show find themselves immersed in the ta...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ready, Jonathan L., 1976- author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press 2023.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Subjects:
Homer. > Iliad.
Reading, Psychology of.
Literature.
Literature: history & criticism.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009761931106719
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication page
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Overview
  • 1.2. Terminology
  • 1.3. Previous Scholarship
  • 1.4. Outline of Chapters
  • Part I: Identification and the Iliad
  • 2. The Study of Identification
  • 2.1. Overview
  • 2.2. The Components of Identification
  • 2.3. The Triggers for Identification
  • 2.4. Ancient Precedents for a Study of Identification
  • 2.5. Character and Emotional Identification
  • 2.6. Conclusion
  • 3. Prompts for (a Study of  ) Identifying with Characters
  • 3.1. Overview
  • 3.2. Recurring Features
  • 3.3. Internal Narrators and Identification
  • 3.4. Conclusion
  • 4. Identification with Mortals and Gods
  • 4.1. Overview
  • 4.2. Identification with Mortals
  • 4.3. Identification with Gods
  • 4.4. Limits to Identification
  • 4.5. The Politics of Identification
  • 4.6. Conclusion
  • Part II: Immersion and the Iliad
  • 5. Ancients and Moderns on Immersion
  • 5.1. Overview
  • 5.2. Ancient Precedents for a Study of Immersion
  • 5.3. Modern Studies of Immersion
  • 5.4. Conclusion
  • 6. Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Immersion
  • 6.1. Overview
  • 6.2. Spatial Immersion
  • 6.3. Spatio-Temporal Immersion
  • 6.4. Conclusion
  • 7. Emotional Immersion
  • 7.1. Overview
  • 7.2. Suspense
  • 7.3. Other Emotions
  • 7.4. Conclusion
  • 8. Content and Form
  • 8.1. Overview
  • 8.2. Inner Life
  • 8.3. Ourselves
  • 8.4. Formal Features
  • 8.5. Conclusion
  • 9. Conclusion
  • Works Cited
  • Index of Greek Passages
  • Index of Terms.

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