Experiencing Hektor: Character In The Iliad
by Lynn Kozak /
2016 / English / PDF
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At the
At theIliad'
Iliad's climax, the great Trojan hero Hektor falls
at the hands of Achilles. But who is Hektor? He has resonated
with audiences as a tragic hero, great warrior, loyal husband and
father, protector of a doomed city. Yet never has a major work
sought to discover how these different aspects of Hektor's
character accumulate over the course of the narrative to create
the devastating effect of his death.
s climax, the great Trojan hero Hektor falls
at the hands of Achilles. But who is Hektor? He has resonated
with audiences as a tragic hero, great warrior, loyal husband and
father, protector of a doomed city. Yet never has a major work
sought to discover how these different aspects of Hektor's
character accumulate over the course of the narrative to create
the devastating effect of his death.
This book documents the experience of Hektor through the
This book documents the experience of Hektor through theIliad
Iliad's serial narrative. Drawing on diverse tools from
narratology, to cognitive science, but with a special focus on
film character, television poetics, and performance practice, it
examines how the mechanics of serial narrative construct the
character of Hektor. How do we experience Hektor as the performer
makes his way through the epic? How does the juxtaposition of
scenes in multiple storylines contribute to character? How does
the narrative work to manipulate our emotional response? How does
our relationship to Hektor change over the course of the
performance?
's serial narrative. Drawing on diverse tools from
narratology, to cognitive science, but with a special focus on
film character, television poetics, and performance practice, it
examines how the mechanics of serial narrative construct the
character of Hektor. How do we experience Hektor as the performer
makes his way through the epic? How does the juxtaposition of
scenes in multiple storylines contribute to character? How does
the narrative work to manipulate our emotional response? How does
our relationship to Hektor change over the course of the
performance?
Lynn Kozak demonstrates this novel approach through a careful
scene-by-scene breakdown and analysis of the
Lynn Kozak demonstrates this novel approach through a careful
scene-by-scene breakdown and analysis of theIliad
Iliad,
focusing especially on Hektor. In doing so, she challenges and
destabilises popular and scholarly assumptions about both ancient
epic and the
,
focusing especially on Hektor. In doing so, she challenges and
destabilises popular and scholarly assumptions about both ancient
epic and theIliad'
Iliad's 'other' hero.
s 'other' hero.