Formulaic texts constitute a core interest of researchers working at UGent. Within the Greek section, there are two major ongoing research projects about such genres, an ERC-project about ‘everyday’ texts ...read more
In the last several years, fantastic manuscript finds have surfaced opening new windows into the scholarly study of the development of Buddhist literature. Gandhara Corpora represents a multifaceted, holistic approach ...read more
Buddhist Sūtra Literature represents the diverse, discursive genre of scripture held to be canonical by various Buddhist traditions because it was considered to be buddhavacana (words spoken by the Buddha). ...read more
Video games have a reputation of being overly violent, sexist, and stereotyping. These connotations are the result of dominant hegemonic practices in the game industry, and while they are certainly ...read more
Marveling is a universal human response to something greater than ourselves. Throughout history, narrative literature has been a prime vehicle for marveling since descriptions of the extraordinary can induce the ...read more
Marveling is a universal human response to something greater than ourselves. Throughout history, narrative literature has been a prime vehicle for marveling since descriptions of the extraordinary can induce the ...read more
Marveling is a universal human response to something greater than ourselves. Throughout history, narrative literature has been a prime vehicle for marveling since descriptions of the extraordinary can induce the ...read more
This project aims to improve our understanding of the use of courtesans (high-class Greek sex workers) as a literary focus in the Second Sophistic (50-250 CE), a literary and cultural ...read more
In modern languages, polite formulaic phrases often trace back to performative verbs (e.g. performative verbs of asking such as parakaló in Modern Greek, bitte in German or prego in Italian). ...read more
Ancient Greek dialects exhibit a great deal of geographic, diachronic, and sociolinguistic variation in their usage, both as spoken and as literary varieties. The Hellenistic age (4th – 1st cc. ...read more