Homer
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| - | :Dubbed [[maximalism]] by some critics, the sprawling canvas and fragmented narrative of such writers as [[Dave Eggers]] has generated controversy on the "purpose" of a novel as narrative and the standards by which it should be judged. The postmodern position is that the style of a novel must be appropriate to what it depicts and represents, and points back to such examples in previous ages as ''[[Gargantua]]'' by [[François Rabelais]] and the ''[[Odyssey]]'' of [[Homer]], which [[Nancy Felson-Rubin]] hails as the exemplar of the [[polytropic]] audience and its engagement with a work. | + | :Dubbed [[maximalism]] by some critics, the sprawling canvas and fragmented narrative of such writers as [[Dave Eggers]] has generated controversy on the "purpose" of a novel as narrative and the standards by which it should be judged. The postmodern position is that the style of a novel must be appropriate to what it depicts and represents, and points back to such examples in previous ages as ''[[Gargantua]]'' by [[François Rabelais]] and the ''[[Odyssey]]'' of [[Homer]], hailed as the exemplar of maximalism. --[[Sholem Stein]] |
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| '''Homer''' is the name given to the supposed unitary author of the early [[Greek literature|Greek]] [[poem]]s the ''[[Iliad]]'' and the ''[[Odyssey]]''. | '''Homer''' is the name given to the supposed unitary author of the early [[Greek literature|Greek]] [[poem]]s the ''[[Iliad]]'' and the ''[[Odyssey]]''. | ||
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- Dubbed maximalism by some critics, the sprawling canvas and fragmented narrative of such writers as Dave Eggers has generated controversy on the "purpose" of a novel as narrative and the standards by which it should be judged. The postmodern position is that the style of a novel must be appropriate to what it depicts and represents, and points back to such examples in previous ages as Gargantua by François Rabelais and the Odyssey of Homer, hailed as the exemplar of maximalism. --Sholem Stein
Homer is the name given to the supposed unitary author of the early Greek poems the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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