The diffusion of teh legendary figure of Alexander the Great through The Greek Alexander Romance and its relation to the Folktale

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https://doi.org/10.26512/emtempos.v22i42.48539

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The Alexander Romance, Folktale, Alexander the Great

Abstract

The present article aims to discuss the legendary figure of Alexander the Great through The Greek Alexander Romance, and how the likeness relationship of the book with some models of the so-called folktale shaped a primary vector of the Macedonian conquer idea, as a legendary hero, within society. The structural classification presented by Vladimir Propp's Morphology of the Folktale (1969) is therefore used for such comparison. The text also discusses how each time period, from ancient times until contemporaneity, described its own Alexander by different text traditions and by their authors’ temporal vicissitudes.

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Stephany Guedes Krause, Programa de Pós Graduação em Metafísica - Universidade de Brasília

Bacharela e licenciada em História pela Universidade de Brasília - UnB (2018) e Mestre em Metafísica pela mesma instituição Sua área de pesquisa baseia-se em História Antiga e Medieval, com interesse e foco em Alexandre Magno, sua Fortuna (tyché) e personalidade mítica dentro da esfera imaginária, apresentada no Romance de Alexandre, e as relações com as fontes clássicas da Vulgata.

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2023-12-22

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KRAUSE, Stephany Guedes. The diffusion of teh legendary figure of Alexander the Great through The Greek Alexander Romance and its relation to the Folktale. Em Tempo de Histórias, [S. l.], v. 22, n. 42, p. 6–21, 2023. DOI: 10.26512/emtempos.v22i42.48539. Disponível em: https://www.periodicos.unb.br/index.php/emtempos/article/view/48539. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.

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