Cast of Character

Style in Greek Literature

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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Beskrivning

Well before Aristotle's Rhetoric elucidated the elements of verbal style that give writing its persuasive power, Greek poets and prose authors understood the importance of style in creating compelling characters to engage an audience. And because their works were composed in predominantly oral settings, their sense of style included not only the characters' manner of speaking, but also their appearance and deportment. From Homeric epic to classical tragedy and oratory, verbal and visual cues work hand-in-hand to create distinctive styles for literary characters. In this book, Nancy Worman investigates the development and evolution of ideas about style in archaic and classical literature through a study of representations of Odysseus and Helen. She demonstrates that, as liars and imitators, pleasing storytellers, and adept users of costume, these two figures are especially skillful manipulators of style. In tracing the way literary representations of them changed through time-from Homer's positive portrayal of their subtle self-presentations to the sharply polarized portrayals of these same subtleties in classical tragedy and oratory-Worman also uncovers a nascent awareness among the Greek writers that style may be used not only to persuade but also to distract and deceive.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-01-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:University of Texas Press
ISBN:9780292719521

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Dramatik inom Skönlitteratur
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

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Nancy Worman is Professor of Classics at Barnard College, Columbia University.

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"This is an original, richly evocative analysis of the meanings of Odysseus and Helen across several periods and genres of Greek literary history... The book is meticulously and persuasively argued throughout." Laura McClure, author of Spoken Like a Woman: Speech and Gender in Athenian Drama

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Kosmos and the Typical Casts of Character 2. Oral Performance, Speech Types, and Typical Styles in Homer 3. Visible Types and Visualizing Styles in Archaic Poetry 4. Verbal Masquerade and Visual Impact in Tragedy 5. Manipulating the Senses in Rhetorical Set Pieces Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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