In classical texts, use of the first person frequently switches between historic author and fictional stylization. In order to avoid renouncing the author as a category of interpretation or having to return to obsolete biographical interpretation, the polymorphic concept of autofiction lends itself to the differentiated analysis of this phenomenon. The studies in this volume investigate and reflect upon how it can be applied to classical texts.

Autorentext
Gregor Bitto and Bardo Maria Gauly, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany.

Zusammenfassung

Philologus, one of the oldest and most respected periodicals in the field of Classics, is conceived as a forum for discussion among different methodological approaches to the study of ancient texts and their reception. It publishes original scholarly contributions with a strong international focus. Publications languages are: German, English, Italian, French.

The accompanying series Philologus. Supplemente / Philologus. Supplementary Volumes, starting in 2014, publishes monographs and collections of papers pertaining to all aspects of the study of ancient literature and its reception, with a special focus on interdisciplinary approaches, combining Classics with Literary and Cultural Studies.

Editors: Sabine Föllinger (Marburg), Therese Fuhrer (LMU München), Tobias Reinhardt (Oxford), Maria Sotera Fornaro (Sassari), Jan R. Stenger (Würzburg)

Editors in chief: Therese Fuhrer (LMU München), Jan R. Stenger (Würzburg)