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dc.contributor.advisor | Murgatroyd, Paul | en_US |
dc.contributor.advisor | Corner, Sean | en_US |
dc.contributor.advisor | Eilers, Claude | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Wallace-Hare, David A. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-18T16:59:55Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-18T16:59:55Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2012-09-09 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2012-10 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | opendissertations/7400 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 8389 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 3305002 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/12521 | - |
dc.description.abstract | <p>The role of realism in the depiction of animals in Greaco-Roman fable is investigated. The crow and the raven have been chosen as the prism through which the investigation is carried out. Fable will be shown to be a genre founded on a contextually realistic depiction of animals, and this may especially be seen in the corvid fables. Realism must, however, be understood contextually, as what constitutes a realistic depiction of crows and ravens in Graeco-Roman times is quite different than what one would encounter at present. As a result of which the crow and raven are marked by attributes ranging from cleverness, parenting ability, resistance to weather, vocal mimicry, longevity, and augural significance, amongst a host of other characteristics which sometimes coincide with modern views but often do not. Thus Graeco-Roman fables dealing with crows and ravens can be broadly divided into two categories: fables dealing in various ways with their intelligence, and fables dealing with their augural significance.</p> | en_US |
dc.subject | fable | en_US |
dc.subject | realism | en_US |
dc.subject | crow | en_US |
dc.subject | raven | en_US |
dc.subject | augury | en_US |
dc.subject | ethology | en_US |
dc.subject | Classical Literature and Philology | en_US |
dc.subject | Classical Literature and Philology | en_US |
dc.title | Majority Real: "Realism" in Graeco-Roman Fable As Depicted Through the Crow and Raven | en_US |
dc.type | thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Classics | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Master of Arts (MA) | en_US |
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