This study offers a fresh approach to the theory and practice of poetry criticism from a narratological perspective. Arguing that lyric poems share basic consti

Lyric poetry as a temporal art-form makes pervasive use of narrative elements in organizing the progressive course of the poetic text. This observation justifie

The distinction between author and narrator is one of the cornerstones of narrative theory. In the past two decades, however, scope, implications and consequenc

The categories of classical narratology have been successfully applied to ancient texts in the last two decades, but in the meantime narratological theory has m

By redefining established topics of narratology, research has become highly diversified. The contributions to this volume neither synthesize developments nor wo