VIDEOCAST - Voice, Signature, Mask: The Byzantine Author

Voice, Signature, Mask: The Byzantine Author

Byzantine literature remains relatively exotic for modern readers, unlike its predecessor, Classical literature, or commensurate aspects of Byzantine culture, such as visual art.
This lecture ventures a comprehensive view of Byzantine literature by examining notions and practices of authorship. Though neither classical nor medieval Greek have a single word that corresponds exactly to our 鈥渁uthorship,鈥 Byzantine rhetoric and manuscript book culture reveal an intricate web of meanings for what an author is. Vacillating between authenticity and creative impersonation, Byzantine authors signal modernity.

螒蠀胃蔚谓蟿委伪 魏伪喂 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺蔚委慰: 螣 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 蟽蟿慰 螔蠀味维谓蟿喂慰

螚 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓委伪 蟿慰蠀 螔蠀味伪谓蟿委慰蠀, 蟽蔚 伪谓蟿委胃蔚蟽畏 渭蔚 蟺蟻慰畏纬慰蠉渭蔚谓蔚蟼 蟺蔚蟻喂蠈未慰蠀蟼 蟿畏蟼 螘位位畏谓喂魏萎蟼 纬蟻伪渭渭伪蟿蔚委伪蟼 萎 渭蔚 维位位蔚蟼 蟺位蔚蠀蟻苇蟼 蟿慰蠀 螔蠀味伪谓蟿喂谓慰蠉 蟺慰位喂蟿喂蟽渭慰蠉 蠈蟺蠅蟼 慰喂 蔚喂魏伪蟽蟿喂魏苇蟼 蟿苇蠂谓蔚蟼, 蟺伪蟻伪渭苇谓蔚喂 蟽蠂蔚蟿喂魏维 维纬谓蠅蟽蟿畏. 螚 慰渭喂位委伪 伪蠀蟿萎 蔚蟺喂蠂蔚喂蟻蔚委 谓伪 蠁蠅蟿委蟽蔚喂 蟺蟿蠀蠂苇蟼 蟿畏蟼 螔蠀味伪谓蟿喂谓萎蟼 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓委伪蟼, 蔚尉蔚蟿维味慰谓蟿伪蟼 蟿畏谓 伪谓蟿委位畏蠄畏 纬喂伪 蟿慰 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蟻蠈位慰 蟿慰蠀.
螣 伪蟻蠂伪委慰蟼 魏伪喂 渭蔚蟽伪喂蠅谓喂魏蠈蟼 蠈蟻慰蟼 芦蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼禄 未蔚谓 伪谓蟿伪蟺慰魏蟻委谓蔚蟿伪喂 伪魏蟻喂尾蠋蟼 蟽蟿畏 蟽蠉纬蠂蟻慰谓畏 蠂蟻萎蟽畏 蟿畏蟼 位苇尉畏蟼. 螚 螔蠀味伪谓蟿喂谓萎 蟻畏蟿慰蟻喂魏萎 魏伪喂 慰 魏蠈蟽渭慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 蠂蔚喂蟻蠈纬蟻伪蠁慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀 伪蟺慰魏伪位蠉蟺蟿慰蠀谓 苇谓伪 蟺蠀魏谓蠈 喂蟽蟿蠈 蟽畏渭伪蟽喂蠋谓 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠀纬纬蟻维蠁蔚喂谓. 螒渭蠁喂蟿伪位伪谓蟿蔚蠀蠈渭蔚谓慰喂 渭蔚蟿伪尉蠉 蟺伪蟻维未慰蟽畏蟼 魏伪喂 蟺蟻蠅蟿慰蟿蠀蟺委伪蟼, 慰喂 螔蠀味伪谓蟿喂谓慰委 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁蔚委蟼 纬委谓慰谓蟿伪喂 蟺蟻蠈未蟻慰渭慰喂 蔚谓蠈蟼 喂未喂蠈蟿蠀蟺慰蠀 渭慰谓蟿蔚蟻谓喂蟽渭慰蠉.

 

 

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