Matija Murko on Homer and Contemporary Homerology

Authors

  • Blaž Zabel University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Slovenia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/clotho.5.1.27-45

Keywords:

Matija Murko, oral theory, oral grammar, South Slavic epic, Homeric studies, classical philology

Abstract

The paper explores what Matija Murko has argued about Homer and the archaic epic. Although Murko is relatively well-known in modern Homeric studies, at least as a precursor of Milman Parry and Albert Lord, his writings about the Homeric epic have yet to be analyzed. This paper discusses his most important findings, which directly or indirectly concern Homer and Homeric studies. It focuses on his exploration of compositional techniques and singers, literary compa­risons, understanding of blind singers, and Murko’s attitude toward contemporary Homeric studies. It shows how Murko’s writings put forward a set of entirely different theses on Homeric epic, which were only picked up by classical philologists worldwide several decades later.

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27. 09. 2023

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Zabel, Blaž. 2023. “Matija Murko on Homer and Contemporary Homerology”. Clotho 5 (1): 27-45. https://doi.org/10.4312/clotho.5.1.27-45.