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Este artículo tiene como objetivo realizar un análisis comparativo entre las estructuras de los prólogos de las Historias de Heródoto y la Alexiada de Ana Comnena, una obra historiográfica bizantina del siglo XII d. C. Este análisis busca dilucidar las similitudes y diferencias entre los textos, haciendo hincapié en las características de la autoría femenina en el prólogo de la Alexiada. En este prólogo, se aprecian las maneras en que la autora busca establecer su voz narrativa, la cual se desarrollará posteriormente en la Alexiada. Las expresiones más significativas son las de lamento intenso, que pueden interpretarse como una compleja negociación entre las normas historiográficas y la voz femenina. En contraste, el prólogo de las Historias de Heródoto presenta una investigación sobre las causas y los acontecimientos de las Guerras Médicas. Si bien se basa en relatos de la tradición hexámétrica arcaica, Heródoto presenta su obra como una contraparte en prosa de la poesía épica, inaugurando un nuevo género discursivo que reivindica la investigación racional en lugar del mito.
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