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Chapter 26. Configuración neurocognitiva del ideal amoroso y castidad en las protagonistas de la novela griega

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Abstract

This chapter analyses the configuration of plots in Greek novels under the basic principle of material welfare and erotic desire as they are understood by Patrick Colm Hogan and under the notions of brain concepts formulated by the neurobiologist Semir Zeki. As a result, this paper considers Greek novels as an almost prototypical example of what is known as romantic tragicomedy. The Greek version of this genre focuses on stories of two young lovers who are forced to split their paths and undertake adventures before they can finally reunite again at the end of the plot, which is normally enabled by fate. In the configuration of these characters, the Zekian concept of unity-in-love is evident. In fact, according to Zeki, this concept is found in every culture due to biological reasons. On the other hand, fulfilling the ideal of unity-in-love entails the presence of moral values in these stories, like chastity or virginity, which determine the purity of the protagonists, very often challenged during the adventures of the heroine. These moral aspects imbue these novels with a religious value that may imply desires of ecstasy or death, being both ways for soothing the desire of reunion and for easing the fusion with the object of love.

Abstract

This chapter analyses the configuration of plots in Greek novels under the basic principle of material welfare and erotic desire as they are understood by Patrick Colm Hogan and under the notions of brain concepts formulated by the neurobiologist Semir Zeki. As a result, this paper considers Greek novels as an almost prototypical example of what is known as romantic tragicomedy. The Greek version of this genre focuses on stories of two young lovers who are forced to split their paths and undertake adventures before they can finally reunite again at the end of the plot, which is normally enabled by fate. In the configuration of these characters, the Zekian concept of unity-in-love is evident. In fact, according to Zeki, this concept is found in every culture due to biological reasons. On the other hand, fulfilling the ideal of unity-in-love entails the presence of moral values in these stories, like chastity or virginity, which determine the purity of the protagonists, very often challenged during the adventures of the heroine. These moral aspects imbue these novels with a religious value that may imply desires of ecstasy or death, being both ways for soothing the desire of reunion and for easing the fusion with the object of love.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface ix
  4. Chapter 1. Frauen in Wirtschaft und Politik der griechisch-römischen Antike 1
  5. Chapter 2. Lo status giuridico della donna nel diritto romano della tarda Repubblica e del Principato (II secolo a.C. – inizi del III secolo d.C.) 16
  6. Chapter 3. Curare le donne nell’Egitto greco-romano 42
  7. Chapter 4. Realidad de la institución matrimonial en la ficción de las novelas grecolatinas 54
  8. Chapter 5. La expositio en Dafnis y Cloe 84
  9. Chapter 6. Consent in Greek and Roman marriage 99
  10. Chapter 7. Legal reality or storytelling? 107
  11. Chapter 8. Warrior women 127
  12. Chapter 9. Egyptian feminine anthroponyms in ancient Greek novels? 149
  13. Chapter 10. Narrative aspects of Callirhoe’s tomb 159
  14. Chapter 11. The home life of a heroine 173
  15. Chapter 12. Chloe as learning subject in Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe 181
  16. Chapter 13. Achilles Tatius’ Leucippe as a puella docta 197
  17. Chapter 14. Le collane di Charicleia 206
  18. Chapter 15. The reality of women in ancient popular literature 230
  19. Chapter 16. Kidnapping in the ancient novels 244
  20. Chapter 17. Tarsia nel lupanare 260
  21. Chapter 18. Plotting Plotina? The reception of an empress in Roman provincial prose (fiction) 277
  22. Chapter 19. Algunos aspectos de la mujer en la hagiografía bizantina 297
  23. Chapter 20. De opere illicito 329
  24. Chapter 21. Notes on women and the law in the novel  Los amores de Clareo y Florisea by Alonso Núñez de Reinoso 343
  25. Chapter 22. La ordalía en el judaísmo y Derecho rabínico 359
  26. Chapter 23. Semejanzas y diferencias entre las heroínas de la novela griega antigua y en la tradición sánscrita del Ramayana 374
  27. Chapter 24. Queens, heroines and slaves 382
  28. Chapter 25. “Parthian” women in Vīs and Rāmīn 396
  29. Chapter 26. Configuración neurocognitiva del ideal amoroso y castidad en las protagonistas de la novela griega 407
  30. Index locorum 416
  31. Abbreviations 447
  32. Contributors 448
https://doi.org/10.1075/ivitra.40.26gar

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface ix
  4. Chapter 1. Frauen in Wirtschaft und Politik der griechisch-römischen Antike 1
  5. Chapter 2. Lo status giuridico della donna nel diritto romano della tarda Repubblica e del Principato (II secolo a.C. – inizi del III secolo d.C.) 16
  6. Chapter 3. Curare le donne nell’Egitto greco-romano 42
  7. Chapter 4. Realidad de la institución matrimonial en la ficción de las novelas grecolatinas 54
  8. Chapter 5. La expositio en Dafnis y Cloe 84
  9. Chapter 6. Consent in Greek and Roman marriage 99
  10. Chapter 7. Legal reality or storytelling? 107
  11. Chapter 8. Warrior women 127
  12. Chapter 9. Egyptian feminine anthroponyms in ancient Greek novels? 149
  13. Chapter 10. Narrative aspects of Callirhoe’s tomb 159
  14. Chapter 11. The home life of a heroine 173
  15. Chapter 12. Chloe as learning subject in Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe 181
  16. Chapter 13. Achilles Tatius’ Leucippe as a puella docta 197
  17. Chapter 14. Le collane di Charicleia 206
  18. Chapter 15. The reality of women in ancient popular literature 230
  19. Chapter 16. Kidnapping in the ancient novels 244
  20. Chapter 17. Tarsia nel lupanare 260
  21. Chapter 18. Plotting Plotina? The reception of an empress in Roman provincial prose (fiction) 277
  22. Chapter 19. Algunos aspectos de la mujer en la hagiografía bizantina 297
  23. Chapter 20. De opere illicito 329
  24. Chapter 21. Notes on women and the law in the novel  Los amores de Clareo y Florisea by Alonso Núñez de Reinoso 343
  25. Chapter 22. La ordalía en el judaísmo y Derecho rabínico 359
  26. Chapter 23. Semejanzas y diferencias entre las heroínas de la novela griega antigua y en la tradición sánscrita del Ramayana 374
  27. Chapter 24. Queens, heroines and slaves 382
  28. Chapter 25. “Parthian” women in Vīs and Rāmīn 396
  29. Chapter 26. Configuración neurocognitiva del ideal amoroso y castidad en las protagonistas de la novela griega 407
  30. Index locorum 416
  31. Abbreviations 447
  32. Contributors 448
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