Abstract

FERNANDEZ, Tomás. Zielinski and Homeric Suspense. Circe clás. mod. [online]. 2023, vol.27, n.1, pp.113-130. ISSN 1851-1724.  http://dx.doi.org/10.19137/circe-2023-270107.

This article aims to explain why in Homeric narrativity, where usually nothing happens in the background, there is no suspense linked to an uncertainty about an outcome; it will link this to the so-called “Zielinski’s law” (I). It will also analyse recent attempts to find suspense gaps in Homer (II). Finally, it will advance an alternative explanation for suspense, based on empathy for a given character and immersion in the narrative world (III).

Keywords : Homer; Narratology; Suspense; Zielinski; Sternberg.

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