Ritual and Narrative: Theoretical Explorations and Historical Case Studies

Published by transcript Verlag 2013

Ritual and Narrative

Theoretical Explorations and Historical Case Studies

Edited by: Vera Nünning , Jan Rupp and Gregor Ahn

In the series Kultur- und Medientheorie

https://doi.org/10.1515/transcript.9783839425329

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About this book

Ritual and narrative are pivotal means of human meaning-making and of ordering experience, but the close interrelationship between them has not as yet been given the attention it deserves. How can models and categories from narrative theory benefit the study of ritual, and what can we gain from concepts of ritual studies in analysing narrative? This book brings together a wide range of disciplinary perspectives including literary studies, archaeology, biblical and religious studies, and political science. It presents theoretical explorations as well as in-depth case studies of ritual and narrative in different media and historical contexts.

Author / Editor information

Vera Nünning (PhD) is Chair of English Philology at the English Department of Heidelberg University, Germany.
Jan Rupp (PhD) is a postdoctoral research assistant at the English Department of Heidelberg University, Germany.
Gregor Ahn (PhD) is Chair of Religious Studies at Heidelberg University, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface and Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Ritual and Narrative: An Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. Theoretical Explorations: Forms, Functions, and Social Practice of Ritual and Narrative
Ritual Studies and Narratology: What Can They Do For Each Other Marie-Laure Ryan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
On the Narrativity of Rituals: Interfaces between Narratives and Rituals and Their Potential for Ritual Studies Vera Nünning and Ansgar Nünning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Obama’s American Narrative: A Narratological Approach to Complex Rituals Roy Sommer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
II. Historical Case Studies of Different Media and Cultural Contexts: Ritual and Narrative in Depth
Depicting Sacrifice in Roman Asia Minor: Narratives of Ritual in Classical Archaeology Günther Schörner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
“He had just finished presenting the burnt offering …”: Narrative and Ritual in the Context of Saul’s Failure (1 Sam 13-14) Joachim Vette Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Two Types of Magic in One Tradition? A Cognitive-Historiographical Case Study on the Interplay of Narratives and Rituals Dirk Johannsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Ritual, Narrative, and Identity in English Pageant Fictions of the Interwar Years Jan Rupp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Ritual and Narrative in the Intercultural British Novel at the Turn of the 21st Century Scarlett Meyer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
How to Commemorate a Fallen Soldier: Ritual and Narrative in the Bundeswehr Stefanie Hammer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267

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Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Edition: 1. Aufl.
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 278
Keywords: Ritual; Culture; Media; Cultural History; Literature; Cultural Theory; Theory of Literature; Literary Studies; Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: March 27, 2014
ISBN: 9783839425329