Special issue of
Thersites:
War of the Senses – The Senses in War Interactions and Tensions between Representations of War in Classical and Modern Culture
This special issue of thersites
(edited by Annemarie Ambühl) addresses artistic representations of war
in literature and other media, focusing especially on the role of
sensory perceptions and emotions as well as on gender issues. In line
with the transcultural and diachronic outlook of thersites,
issues of reception are approached either by applying modern theories
and methods to the interpretation of classical texts or by comparing and
contrasting ancient and modern responses to war and violence and their
impact on human beings and society in general. The issue features
contributions that range from Homer to postmodern novels and movies, as
well as reviews of thematically related recent publications. Within this
wide horizon two thematic clusters emerge: One group of papers studies
the narratological, aesthetic and psychological dimensions of
(fictional) descriptions of battles and other forms of violence in Latin
literature, especially in Caesar’s war commentaries and the epics of
Lucan, Valerius Flaccus and Statius, while another group of papers looks
at novels that directly or indirectly reflect on experiences from both
World Wars and the recent wars in Iraq through a complex engagement with
classical narratives and concepts derived from classical antiquity.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Prolegomena
Antike und moderne Kriegs- und Gewaltdarstellungen im Vergleich
Literarische Kriegsdarstellungen und Antikerezeption im 1. und 2. Weltkrieg
Kriegsdarstellungen aus dem 21. Jahrhundert in verschiedenen Medien
Review
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Review of Fabre-Serris, Keith (eds.), Women and War in Antiquity
Christian Rollinger
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