Publication details
Byzantinische Betteldichtung. Verbindung des Klassischen mit dem Volkstümlichen
| Title in English | Byzantine Begging Poetry. The Combination of the Classical and the Popular |
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Imitatio - aemulatio - variatio. Akten des internationalen wissenschaftlichen Symposions zur byzantinischen Sprache und Literatur |
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| Field | Mass media, audiovision |
| Keywords | byzantine literature begging poetry 12th century classical tradition popular tradition |
| Description | The paper analyzes popular inspiration in the Byzantine begging poetry from the 12th century. Inspiration by popular culture can be understood as a characteristic feature of this genre. This is presented on three examples: 1. the integration of the folk proverbs into the poem from prison by Michael Glykas; 2. the use of figures typical of the folk songs (double and triple parallelism) in the begging poems composed in the fifteen-syllable iambic verse (examples: Glykas, Manganeios Prodromos); 3. parallels in motives (Glykas, Ptochoprodromos III, Theodoros Prodromos XXXVIII) that may indicate a common source handed down orally. |
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