Project

The Epitome in Late Latin Literature

Code
01N01315
Duration
01 January 2015 → 20 October 2020
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities
    • Language studies
    • Literary studies
Keywords
Late Latin Literature
 
Project description

The epitome has been usually seen as a derivative text deprived of any literary quality. This project sheds light on the epitome as a typical product of late antique literary discourse. By the very act of assembling and putting together the traces of the past the epitome not only reconstructs but also tends to destabilize its own models and the literary past.