Novel Saints. Ancient novelistic heroism in the hagiography of Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages Ghent University
The novel is today the most popular literary genre worldwide. Irs early history has not been writen yet. My
project aims to generate a paradigm shift (conceptually. cross-culturally and interdisciplinarily) in our
understanding of this history. It offers the first comprehensive reconstruction and interpretation of the persistence
of ancient novelistic material in (Greek, Latin. Syriac, Arabic, Annenian. ...