Discourse, Knowledge, and Power in Apuleius' Metamorphoses

Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Cultural and Discursive Contexts
Apuleius and the Metamorphoses
Language and Meaning in the Metamorphoses
Approaches to Discourse
Apuleius' Manipulation of Discourse in the Apology
This Book
Chapter 1: Discourse from the Margins
The Priests of the Syrian Goddess: Ancient Evidence
The Priests in the Metamorphoses and the Onos
The Bandits: Ancient Evidence
The Robbers' Rhetoric
The Bandits' Betrayal
Conclusion
Chapter 2: Elite Discourse
The Tale of Thelyphron
The Festival of Laughter
The Wise Physician
Markers of Truth
Chapter 3: Asinine Discourse
First Impressions
Lucius' First Master: Milo
Metamorphosis
Asinine Strategies of Communication
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Feminine Discourse
Byrrhena
Photis
The Corinthian Matron
Isis
Conclusion
Chapter 5: Silence
Curiosity, Garrulity, and Silence
Unheeded Warnings
Magical Initiation
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Ass
The Tale of Cupid and Psyche
Silence and Revelation
Conclusion
Chapter 6: The Novel as Discourse
Models of Reading
The Prologue
The Asinine Narrator and the Characterized Fictive Reader
The Narrator's Control
The Epilogue
Conclusion: The Man from Madauros
Bibliography
Passages Cited
Index

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• História antiga: a c 500 CE
• História social e cultural
• Estudos literários: clássica, primitiva e medieval
• Estudos literários: ficção, romancistas e escritores de prosa

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