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Roberto Morales-HarleyPublished On
2024-08-29Page Range
pp. 1–40Language
- English
Print Length
40 pages
1. Can Literary Parallelisms Prove Cultural Contact?
Theater Following in Epic’s Footsteps
Chapter of: The Embassy, the Ambush, and the Ogre: Greco-Roman Influence in Sanskrit Theater(pp. 1–40)
Chapter 1 reviews both ancient sources and modern scholarship dealing with a possible Greek influence in Sanskrit theater. It also explains the theoretical (Theory of Tradition and Theory of Adaptation) and methodological (Cultural Contacts) bases for the analysis. A key discussion is that of “proving” influences and borrowings, a subject that is reformulated in terms of “plausibility”.
Contributors
Roberto Morales-Harley
(author)Associate Professor of Sanskrit and Head of the Department of Classical Philology at Universidad de Costa Rica
Roberto Morales-Harley holds a doctorate in Humanities from the University of Malaga, a master’s degrees in Languages of the Ancient World from the University of Murcia and in Classical Literature from the University of Costa Rica, as well as licenciate and bachelor’s degrees in Classical Philology from the University of Costa Rica. He has studied Sanskrit at the Universities of Costa Rica, Murcia, and the Australian National University. He is currently Associate Professor of Sanskrit and Head of the Department of Classical Philology at the University of Costa Rica.