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Byzantine literature is the Greek literature of the Middle Ages, whether written in the territory of the Byzantine Empire or outside its borders. It forms the second period in the history of Greek literature after Ancient Greek literature .
General characteristics. Byzantine literature may be broadly defined as the Greek literature of the Middle Ages, whether written in the territory of the Byzantine Empire or outside its borders. By late antiquity many of the classical Greek genres, such as drama and choral lyric poetry, had long been obsolete, and all Greek literature affected ...
Jul 14, 2021 · In the context of the volume, “Byzantine literature” refers to “Literature in Greek, during the Byzantine period (330 ce–1453 ce),” which, however, raises a series of problems. (1) While “literature,” for a modern audience, signifies primarily fiction and poetry, a wider understanding of the term is needed so as to appreciate the ...
The topics explored in the book cover an extensive chronological range of postclassical Greek culture(s) and literature, from early Christianity to early modern Greek literature, with a pronounced focus on the Byzantine period, as well as a variety of genres: hagiography, historiography, chronicles, “patriographic literature,” the novel ...
Mar 22, 2021 · Article. by Helene Perdicoyianni-Paleologou. published on 22 March 2021. Available in other languages: Spanish. In the wake of the downfall of the Western Roman Empire and the intellectual collapse of Athens, Byzantine scholars engaged in preserving the Classical Greek language and its literature.
Sep 5, 2020 · Its three editors, representing three generations of research on Byzantine poetry at the University of Vienna, collaborated with 19 other specialists in this field in order to give a comprehensive overview of poetic production in Byzantium, both as a literary and cultural phenomenon.
Jul 9, 2019 · He is not only descriptive but analytical, noting, for instance, that while literary approaches to hagiography are essential and productive, they can sometimes unduly ‘secularise’ the studied texts, treating them as part of Byzantine literature rather than in relation to Byzantine religion.
