TY  - BOOK
AU  - Helle,Sophus
AU  - Konstantopoulos,Gina
TI  - The shape of stories: narrative structures in cuneiform literature 
T2  - Cuneiform monographs
SN  - 9789004537149
AV  - PJ314.N27 .S53 2023
U1  - 808.8/023 23/eng/20230417
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Narration (Rhetoric)
KW  - Middle Eastern literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Cuneiform inscriptions
KW  - Literary criticism
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Essays
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - How were narratives composed in the ancient Near East? What patterns and principles, constraints and considerations guided the shaping of cuneiform stories? The study of narrative structures has emerged as a promising approach to the textual heritage of the cuneiform world. Engaging with practically any ancient text-whether literary, historical, or religious-requires some understanding of the narrative forms that shaped their content. This volume gives researchers the tools to better understand those form, illustrating each approach to narrative analysis with a case study from the cultures of the ancient Near East: Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, and Hittite
ER  -