Speech in Ancient Greek Literature: Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative, Volume five
The fifth volume of the Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative deals with speech: it discusses the types, modes and functions of speech in narrative, the boundaries between speech and narrative context, and the absence of speech (silence).
| Subtitles: | Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative, Volume five |
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| Contributors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
BRILL
2021
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Studies in ancient Greek narrative. volume 5, Speech in ancient Greek literature] (2022) (Sedlacek, James E.)
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| Series/Journal: | Mnemosyne Supplements
volume 448 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Greek language
/ Literature
/ Speech (Motif)
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| Further subjects: | B
Greek literature
History and criticism
B Speech in literature B Conference program 2017 (Amsterdam) |
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| Summary: | The fifth volume of the Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative deals with speech: it discusses the types, modes and functions of speech in narrative, the boundaries between speech and narrative context, and the absence of speech (silence). Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction. Narratological Theory on Speech (de Bakker and de Jong) -- Part 1. Epic and Elegiac Poetry -- Chapter 1. Homer (de Jong) -- Chapter 2. Hesiod (Koning) -- Chapter 3. The Homeric Hymns (de Jong) -- Chapter 4. Apollonius of Rhodes (Klooster) -- Chapter 5. Callimachus (Harder) -- Chapter 6. Theocritus (Klooster) -- Chapter 7. Quintus of Smyrna (Bär) -- Chapter 8. Nonnus (Verhelst) -- Part 2. Historiography -- Chapter 9. Herodotus (de Bakker) -- Chapter 10. Thucydides (Rood) -- Chapter 11. Xenophon (Huitink and Rood) -- Chapter 12. Polybius (Pitcher) -- Chapter 13. Appian (Pitcher) -- Chapter 14. Cassius Dio (Pitcher) -- Chapter 15. Herodian (Pitcher) -- Chapter 16. Josephus (van Henten and Huitink) -- Part 3. Choral Lyric -- Chapter 17. Pindar and Bacchylides (Currie) -- Part 4. Drama -- Chapter 18. Aeschylus (van Emde Boas) -- Chapter 19. Sophocles (van Emde Boas) -- Chapter 20. Euripides (van Emde Boas) -- Part 5. Oratory -- Chapter 21. Early Orators (Huitink) -- Chapter 22. Later Orators (de Bakker) -- Part 6. Philosophy -- Chapter 23. Plato (Morgan) -- Part 7. Biography -- Chapter 24. Plutarch (Mossman) -- Chapter 25. Philostratus (Demoen) -- Part 8. Christian Narrative -- Chapter 26. The Gospels (Dinkler) -- Part 9. The Novel -- Chapter 27. Chariton (De Temmerman) -- Chapter 28. Xenophon of Ephesus (Tagliabue) -- Chapter 29. Achilles Tatius (De Temmerman) -- Chapter 30. Longus (Morgan) -- Chapter 31. Heliodorus (Morgan) -- Epilogue. Speech in Ancient Greek Narrative (de Bakker and de Jong) -- Glossary -- Index. "Speech in Ancient Greek Literature is the fifth volume in the series Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative. There is hardly any Greek narrative text without speech, which need not surprise in the literature of a culture which loved theatre and also invented the art of rhetoric. This book offers a full discussion of the types of speech, the modes of speech and their effective alternation, and the functions of speech from Homer to Heliodorus, including the Gospels. For the first time speech-introductions and 'speech in speech' are discussed across all genres. All chapters also pay attention to moments when characters do not speak"-- |
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| ISBN: | 9004498818 |