Textual Animals Turned into Narrative Fantasies: The Imaginative Middle Ages

Rotman, David (2018) Textual Animals Turned into Narrative Fantasies: The Imaginative Middle Ages. Interfaces: A Journal of Medieval European Literatures, 5. pp. 65-77. ISSN 2421-5503

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Abstract

[EN] This article focuses on the concept 'reconstruction of the world' proposed by G. Zoran in his theoretical work on the representation of space in narrative. It makes special reference to the inter-medially transformative processes that narrators and audiences undergo, as materially concrete objects in space turn into representations in the verbal medium. Investigating the possible bodies of knowledge common to the participants in the communicative process, the article specifically discusses animals widely described in late antique and medieval Jewish folk tales and considers the possibilities for reconstructing the sources of shared imaginary worlds.

Tipologia del documento: Articolo in rivista
Informazioni aggiuntive: This article is based on a paper delivered at the conference Biblical Creatures. The animal as an object of interpretation in pre-modern Jewish and Christian hermeneutic traditions, which took place in Freie Universität Berlin in December 2016.
Parole chiave: Marvelous; Jewish Folklore; Aggadah; Folk-Narratives; Space in Literature
Soggetto: D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0441 Literary History
Depositato il: 21 Ago 2026 21:40
Ultima modifica: 26 Ago 2026 20:56
URI: https://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/8000

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