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Tenses in Vergil's Aeneid
Narrative Style and Structure
Series: - Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology, Volume: 31
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The narrative style of the Aeneid suggests immediacy and involves the reader, while at the same time both narrator and reader know what the outcomes of the story will be. In âTenses in Vergilâs Aeneid: Narrative Style and Structureâ, Suzanne Adema investigates the role of the Latin tenses in this presentational style. Adema presents a framework to analyze and describe the use of tenses in Latin narrative texts from a linguistic and narratological point of view. The framework concerns the temporal relations between a narrator and the states of affairs in his story on the sentence level, discourse modes on the global text level and narrative progression on the level of narrative and descriptive sequences.
Suzanne M. Adema is Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam. Her publications are characterized by a combined narratological and linguistic approach to Latin epic and historiography. She coordinates a research project on Greek and Latin Learning and Instruction.
"This is, in fact, the first comprehensive study of tense in the Aeneid. (...) Adema expertly brings together concepts from narratology and cognitive linguistics in an application to a text that is central to the Classical canon. The result is a volume that will surely become a work of reference for any scholar interested in arguing for a particular interpretation of tense not only in epic but also in other genres of Latin literature, as the framework established here would lend itself to many other inquiries. (...) The role of verb tense in creating a subtle and complex spatiotemporal fabric in Virgilâs epic is expertly handled in a dense volume that provides much food for thought." - Jessica McCutcheon, in: The Classical Review (2020, 1-2)
"With her excellent work Adema now provides the readers with a useful and effective tool to interpret the verbal system as one of the main narratological strategies of the Aeneid. [...] In short, this book should be considered not only as an important addition to the Virgilian bibliography, but also as a valid hermeneutical tool for anyone interested in a more profound understanding of the use of the tenses and their narratological effects in a Latin literary text." - Paolo Dainotti, in: Gnomon 2/93/2021
"[The author] successfully, in my view, attains the aim which she really intends, that is, as the back cover says, âto analyze and describe the use of tenses in Latin narrative texts from a linguistic and narratological point of view.â In any case, Virgilian scholars will also undoubtedly benefit from reading and studying this book, and I recommend it to every commentator of any Latin narrative text." - Sergio Casali, in: BMCR 2021.10.21
"With her excellent work Adema now provides the readers with a useful and effective tool to interpret the verbal system as one of the main narratological strategies of the Aeneid. [...] In short, this book should be considered not only as an important addition to the Virgilian bibliography, but also as a valid hermeneutical tool for anyone interested in a more profound understanding of the use of the tenses and their narratological effects in a Latin literary text." - Paolo Dainotti, in: Gnomon 2/93/2021
"[The author] successfully, in my view, attains the aim which she really intends, that is, as the back cover says, âto analyze and describe the use of tenses in Latin narrative texts from a linguistic and narratological point of view.â In any case, Virgilian scholars will also undoubtedly benefit from reading and studying this book, and I recommend it to every commentator of any Latin narrative text." - Sergio Casali, in: BMCR 2021.10.21
Preface List of Tables
1 Introduction â 1âTense in the Aeneid â 2âApproach and Outline of This Book
2 Latin Tenses in Narrative Texts â 1âTemporal Relation between Narrator and State of Affairs â 2âNarrative Temporal Progression â 3âText Structure and Discourse Modes â 4âThe Sequence as a Unit, Methods of Analysis â 5âConclusions
3 Praesens â 1âSemantic Value of the Present Tense â 2âPseudo-simultaneous Narrative â 3âDescription Mode â 4âReport Mode â 5âInformation Mode â 6âConclusion
4 Perfectum â 1âSemantic Value of the Perfect Tense â 2âNarrative Mode â 3â(Pseudosimultaneous Description â 4âReport Mode â 5âInformation Mode â 6âConclusion â 7âA Perfect Tense for Perfect Beings?
5 Imperfectum â 1âSemantic Value of the Imperfect Tense â 2âNarrative Mode â 3âDescription Mode â 4âInformation Mode â 5âThe Imperfect Subjunctive for Counterfactuals â 6âConclusion
6 Plusquamperfectum â 1âSemantic Value of the Pluperfect Tense â 2âNarrative Mode â 3âDescription â 4âInformation â 5âThe Pluperfect Subjunctive â 6âConclusion
7 Future Tenses â 1âBase in Time of Narration: Narratorial Announcements and Hopes â 2âBase in Time of a Characterâs Narration: Great Expectations and Prophecies â 3âBase in Reference Time: Displaced Immediacy â 4âConclusion
8 Historical Infinitive â 1âSemantic Value of the Historical Infinitive â 2âThe Retrospective Narrative Mode â 3âPseudo-simultaneous Narrative â 4âPseudo-simultaneous Description â 5âConclusion
9 Tenses in the Narrative Style and Structure of the Aeneid â 1âNarrative â 2âDescription Mode â 3âReport Mode â 4âInformation Mode â 5âDisplaced Immediacy in the Aeneid â 6âLatin Tenses as a Feature of Narrative Style and Structure
Bibliography Index Rerum Index Locorum
1 Introduction â 1âTense in the Aeneid â 2âApproach and Outline of This Book
2 Latin Tenses in Narrative Texts â 1âTemporal Relation between Narrator and State of Affairs â 2âNarrative Temporal Progression â 3âText Structure and Discourse Modes â 4âThe Sequence as a Unit, Methods of Analysis â 5âConclusions
3 Praesens â 1âSemantic Value of the Present Tense â 2âPseudo-simultaneous Narrative â 3âDescription Mode â 4âReport Mode â 5âInformation Mode â 6âConclusion
4 Perfectum â 1âSemantic Value of the Perfect Tense â 2âNarrative Mode â 3â(Pseudosimultaneous Description â 4âReport Mode â 5âInformation Mode â 6âConclusion â 7âA Perfect Tense for Perfect Beings?
5 Imperfectum â 1âSemantic Value of the Imperfect Tense â 2âNarrative Mode â 3âDescription Mode â 4âInformation Mode â 5âThe Imperfect Subjunctive for Counterfactuals â 6âConclusion
6 Plusquamperfectum â 1âSemantic Value of the Pluperfect Tense â 2âNarrative Mode â 3âDescription â 4âInformation â 5âThe Pluperfect Subjunctive â 6âConclusion
7 Future Tenses â 1âBase in Time of Narration: Narratorial Announcements and Hopes â 2âBase in Time of a Characterâs Narration: Great Expectations and Prophecies â 3âBase in Reference Time: Displaced Immediacy â 4âConclusion
8 Historical Infinitive â 1âSemantic Value of the Historical Infinitive â 2âThe Retrospective Narrative Mode â 3âPseudo-simultaneous Narrative â 4âPseudo-simultaneous Description â 5âConclusion
9 Tenses in the Narrative Style and Structure of the Aeneid â 1âNarrative â 2âDescription Mode â 3âReport Mode â 4âInformation Mode â 5âDisplaced Immediacy in the Aeneid â 6âLatin Tenses as a Feature of Narrative Style and Structure
Bibliography Index Rerum Index Locorum
This book is intended for both linguists interested in Latin or tense usage in narrative texts and for scholars interested in Vergilâs narrative style and structure.