CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Boiarintseva, Uliana |
|---|---|
| Title | Philological and Historical Analysis of the Treatise On Paradise by Niketas Stethatos |
| Summary | This thesis is dedicated to the treatise On Paradise, written by the Byzantine theologian of the eleventh century, Niketas Stethatos (c. 1005 – c. 1090). The main aim of my work it to reconstruct the historical and philological background of the treatise in order to provide a better understanding of his work. The thesis includes three chapters, intending to answer the following questions: 1) In which historical circumstances did Niketas create the treatise and what kind of agenda did he have? 2) Which authors did Niketas rely on and how did he apply their ideas on the philological level? 3) Which exegetical models did he use and how were they reflected in the composition of the treatise? In my thesis I claim that composing his treatise, Niketas followed a specific “politics” of referencing, implying a particular hierarchy of authors, expressed in the author’s choice of this or another way of quoting. While some of them he quoted word to word, the traces of others can only be distinguished after the deep analysis of the treatise’s structure. Therefore, I argue that the treatise On Paradise had different levels of meaning, corresponding with the Byzantine exegetical schemes, already well formed by the eleventh century. |
| Supervisor | Perczel, István |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/boyarintseva_uliana.pdf |
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