Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Narrative frame in Gilgamesh
This is my first attempt to post something to a blog (what is the right verb?) so I'll be curious to see what happens. One thing we didn't get to discuss about Gilgamesh was the very interesting frame the narrative has with its opening prologue, then the beginning of Book 1, which turns out to be what happens after the story we are about to read ends, and then the abrupt switch to an earlier moment when Gilgamesh was abusing his power. 11 books later, at the end, he says, look, what have I accomplished with all this effort? How does this narrative frame affect us as readers?
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Good question, Laurie. This one was in fact on my agenda to bring up, and glad you've done so. (Yay for the blog!)
Another way of looking at the question: how would the epic be different WITHOUT this narrative frame? I.e., how does enclosing it within the frame transform (if at all) what is sandwiched in-between?
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