Religion and narrative in the "Metamorphoses" of Apuleius

BL Religion;PA Classical philology;PN0080 Criticism;PN0441 Literary History

McDonald, James Joseph ; Panayotakis, Costas

University:University of Glasgow

Department:School of Humanities

关键词: Religion, narrative, Apuleius, Lucian, Dio Chrysostom, Ovid, Metamorphoses, Isis;   

Others  :  http://theses.gla.ac.uk/7395/7/2016McDonaldMRes.pdf

来源: University of Glasgow

【 摘 要 】

In this thesis I explore the narratological paradigm of conversion and its usefulness in interpreting the Metamorphoses of Apuleius.I believe that this paradigm is not useful in exploring the novel.However, a closely related paradigm - which I call a "narrative of metamorphosis" - can in fact help us interpret the novel and make sense of the final book of the novel known as the Isis book, which has generated much scholarly debate.