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Between Exteriority and Pre-Subjectivity: Homer after Auerbach | Synapse

May 6, 2026Open Access

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Between Exteriority and Pre-Subjectivity: Homer after Auerbach

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This essay aims to reevaluate Erich Auerbach's interpretation of Homer through a new lens of perceptual misalignment.
Theoretical analysis of Auerbach’s framework and its application to Homeric texts.
Critique of the notion of exteriority in Auerbach's understanding.
Argues that Auerbach's account does not encompass the full perceptual experience of epic representation.

Abstract

This theoretical essay reconsiders Erich Auerbach’s account of Homer in light of a theory of perceptual misalignment. While Auerbach remains indispensable for understanding the outward, continuous, and non-psychological character of Homeric representation, his vocabulary of exteriority does not fully account for the perceptual regime articulated by epic. The essay argues that the Iliad and the Odyssey

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Sandra Voss (Mon,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69fa8eac04f884e66b530f9a https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20021621

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