Motyw winy Heleny w tradycji epickiej i w dyskursie

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-0319.24.01

Słowa kluczowe:

Helena Trojańska, Iliada, Homer, kultura oralna, kozioł ofiarny

Abstrakt

The paper takes up the issue of Helen’s guilt for the outbreak of the Trojan war present in the Iliad and in the oral epic tradition. It puts forward a thesis that in order to blame others or to free themselves from blame epic heroes employ the typical in oral culture technique of conducting disputes. Like other characters in the Iliad, Helen, is also under constant social pressure which seeks to find her guilty and, in effect, to activate a mechanism of making a scapegoat of her. To defend herself, she risks self-accusations in order to make it impossible for other people to bring a charge against her. Helen cares about her good opinion in the Trojan society and particularly in the circle of women.

Biogram autora

Karol Zieliński - Uniwersytet Wrocławski

Dr hab. Karol Zieliński prof. UWr. – (b. 1968) dr hab., classical philologist, hellenist. Professor at the Institute of Classical, Mediterranean and Oriental Studies (University of Wrocław). Head of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Relations between Oral and Written Culture. Chief editor of “Quaestiones Oralitatis”. Specialises in Greek literature of the archaic period, especially with a view to its links with oral tradition. Monographs: Słońce w rozpaczy. Liryka miłosna Safony w aspekcie oralności [The Sun in Despair. Sappho’ s love lyric poetry in the aspect of orality], Wrocław 2006, Iliada i jej tradycja epicka. Studium z zakresu greckiej tradycji oralnej, Wrocław 2014. A revised version of the latter, in English translation, is scheduled for publication in 2021 as The Iliad and its Oral Epic Tradition (Center for Hellenic Studies Series, Trustees for Harvard UP).

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2021-12-28

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Zieliński, K. (2021). Motyw winy Heleny w tradycji epickiej i w dyskursie. Collectanea Philologica, (24), 5–31. https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-0319.24.01

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