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Orality and Literacy in the Demotic Tales
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Jacqueline E. Jay
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English
Published/Copyright:
2016
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In Orality and Literacy in the Demotic Tales, Jacqueline E. Jay extrapolates from the surviving ancient Egyptian written record hints of the oral tradition that must have run alongside it. The monograph’s main focus is the intersection of orality and literacy in the extremely rich corpus of Demotic narrative literature surviving from the Greco-Roman Period. The many texts discussed include the tales of the Inaros and Setna Cycles, the Myth of the Sun’s Eye, and the Dream of Nectanebo. Jacqueline Jay examines these Demotic tales not only in conjunction with earlier Egyptian literature, but also with the worldwide tradition of orally composed and performed discourse.
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Jacqueline E. Jay, Ph.D. (2008, University of Chicago), is Associate Professor of History at Eastern Kentucky University. In addition to her work on ancient Egyptian literature, her current research projects focus on the publication of Demotic ostraca and graffiti.
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eBook published on:
June 10, 2016
eBook ISBN:
9789004323070
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Main content:
363
eBook ISBN:
9789004323070
Keywords for this book
Ancient; Egyptian; oral; tradition; Inaros; Setna; Setne; Mythus; Alexander; Romance; Nectanebo; Sesotris; Sesonchosis
Audience(s) for this book
Egyptologists, particularly those interested in language and literature and Demotic studies, as well as those interested in Oral Tradition Studies and Comparative Literature.
