Foreigners and Egyptians in the late Egyptian stories : linguistic, literary and historical perspectives / par Camilla Di Biase-Dyson.

In Foreigners and Egyptians in the Late Egyptian Stories Camilla Di Biase-Dyson applies linguistics, literary theory and historical approaches to four of the Late Egyptian Stories to show how language was exploited to establish the narrative roles of literary protagonists.

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List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter One Introduction; 1.1 Introduction: Aims and Rationale; 1.1.1 A New Approach; 1.2 The Corpus; 1.2.1 Texts; 1.2.2 Text Type: Narrative Literature; 1.2.3 Time Period; 1.3 The Epistemology of Characterisation to Date; 1.3.1 Character and Characterisation; 1.3.2 Approaches to Characterisation in Egyptian Literary Studies; 1.3.3 Why Is a Study of Characterisation Important?; 1.4 The Foreign Dimension as a Case Study; 1.4.1 The World according to ... Characterisation in Its Socio-Cultural Context.

1.4.2 Marking the Frontier: Literature and the Demarcation of Fictional Space1.4.3 Consequences and Reconsiderations; 1.5 A Multidisciplinary Approach to Character Analysis; 1.5.1 Systemic Functional Linguistics and Other Linguistic Approaches; 1.5.2 Literary Theory; 1.5.3 Using Genre; 1.5.4 Comparison; 1.6 Overview and Perspectives; Chapter Two Methodology; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Approach; 2.1.2 Focus; 2.1.3 Aims of the Enquiry; 2.1.4 The Paradigms Shaping the Method; 2.1.5 Using the Paradigms to Fulfil the Aims of the Project; 2.2 A Generic Typology; 2.2.1 The Fairy Tale.

2.2.2 The Historical Narrative2.2.3 The Travel Narrative; 2.2.4 Conclusion; 2.3 Systemic Functional Linguistics; 2.3.1 A Definition of Systemic Functional Linguistics; 2.3.2 Applying Systemics to Egyptian; 2.3.3 The Metafunctions; 2.3.4 Egyptological Approaches to the Metafunctions; 2.3.5 The Link between Syntax and Semantics; 2.3.6 The Stylistic Domain: Tying Narrative to a Linguistic Analysis; 2.4 The Role of the World Outside the Text: New Historicism; 2.5 Conclusion; Chapter Three Characterisation in The Doomed Prince; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Literary Approaches to the Text.

3.2.1 Stith Thompson's Motif-Index3.2.2 Vladimir Propp's Morphology; 3.2.3 Plot Parallels; 3.3 Character Portrayal and Development: The Individuals; 3.3.1 Ideational Analysis; 3.3.2 Textual Analysis; 3.4 Character Interaction; 3.4.1 Interpersonal Analysis; 3.5 Power and the Lexicon: Titles, Ethnicity, Rank and Gender; 3.5.1 The Prince and Princess; 3.5.2 The Pharaoh and the Chief; 3.5.3 The Syrian Princes; 3.5.4 The Messengers; 3.6 The Motifs Revisited: Narratology and Characterisation; 3.7 The Role of the Past in the Tale: Evoking the 'Golden Age'; 3.8 The Role of the Foreign in the Tale.

3.8.1 The 'Foreignness' of the Characters3.8.2 The 'Foreignness' of the Landscape; 3.8.3 Delivering the Message: The Role of Fate in Characterisation; 3.9 Conclusion; Chapter Four Characterisation in The Quarel of Apophis and Seqenenre and The Taking of Joppa; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Approaches to the Texts: History versus Literature in Historical Narratives; 4.2.1 Historical Content; 4.2.2 Historical Displacement; 4.2.3 Generic Intertextuality; 4.2.4 Parody?; 4.2.5 Problem: Losing the Plot; 4.3 The Quarrel of Apophis and Seqenenre: Character Portrayal and Development; 4.3.1 Ideational Analysis.

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