Pragmatic Approaches to Drama

Gunther Martin, DPhil (2005), University of Oxford, is a lecturer and researcher at the Universities of Zurich and Bern. He has, among other things, published books on historiography, oratory, and a commentary on Euripides' Ion.Federica Iurescia, Ph.D. (2017), Universities of Siena and Pisa, worked as SNSF scientific collaborator at the University of Zurich. Her research interests focus on pragmatics in Latin, chiefly im/politeness and dialogues. Her main publication is Credo iam ut solet iurgabit. Pragmatica della lite a Roma (Göttingen, 2019).Severin Hof, MA (2016), University of Zurich, has written his PhD thesis on multiperspectivity in Sophocles at that university. His research interests include Greek drama, Medieval Latin, and papyrology.Giada Sorrentino, Ph.D. (2013), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i. Br., has completed her post-doc research project at that university. She is author of various articles on Middle and New Comedy and of Comunicazione e relazioni interpersonali nelle commedie di Menandro (Göttingen 2020).Contributors are: Rutger J. Allan, Peter Barrios-Lech, Luigi Battezzato, Łukasz Berger, Anna Bonifazi, Evita Calabrese, Matteo Capponi, Evert van Emde Boas, Severin Hof, Federica Iurescia, Michael Lloyd, Gunther Martin, Sandra Rodríguez-Piedrabuena, Renata Raccanelli, Licinia Ricottilli, Carlo Scardino, Lavinia Scolari, Camille Semenzato, Giada Sorrentino, Luis Unceta Gómez, Vanessa Zetzmann.

• Notes on ContributorsIntroductionGunther Martin, Federica Iurescia, Severin Hof and Giada SorrentinoPart 1 Verbal Communication I: Doing Things with WordsHow To Do Things with (ἐ)κεῖνος and αὐτός in Tragedy: Initial SuggestionsAnna BonifaziPointing to Common Ground in Dramatic Dialogue: The Case of δή and τοιRutger J. AllanTerms of Address on Right Periphery in Greek TragedySandra Rodríguez PiedrabuenaThe Linguistic Characterisation of Oedipus in OT: A Pragmatics-Based Approach to ‘Mind Style’Evert van Emde BoasResonance in the Prologue of Sophocles’ AjaxSeverin HofPentheus und Dionysos in den Bakchen: Die Grenzen des klaren DialogsCamille SemenzatoIphigenie und ihre Mutter: Pragmatische Bemerkungen zur Iphigenie in AulisGiada SorrentinoPart 2 Verbal Communication II: Being More or Less Kind with WordsOedipus and Tiresias: Im/politeness Theory and the Interpretation of Sophocles’ Oedipus TyrannusLuigi BattezzatoPoliteness and Impoliteness in AristophanesMichael LloydDevelopments in Politeness from Aristophanes to Menander and BeyondPeter Barrios-LechAdvice-Giving in Roman Comedy: Speech-Act Formulation and Im/politenessŁukasz BergerThe Politics of Manipulation: Politeness and Insincerity in the Language of Parasites and Courtesans in Plautus’ ComediesLuis Unceta GómezPart 3 Verbal and Non-verbal Communication: Doing Things Not Just with WordsSilence and the Failure of Persuasion in Tragic DiscourseVanessa ZetzmannDoing Things with Words … and Gestures on StageMatteo CapponiReflections on Gestures and Words in Terence’s ComediesLicinia RicottilliThe Kiss in Plautus’ Stichus: Notes on Gestures and Words in View of a Pragmatics of Comic CommunicationRenata RaccanelliLacrimae and uultus: Pragmatic Considerations on Gestures in Seneca’s TragediesEvita CalabresePragmatics of fraus: Encoding and Decoding of Deceit in Seneca’s Troades and ThyestesLavinia ScolariEpilogue Euripides: Von der Rhetorik zur PragmatikCarlo ScardinoIndex LocorumIndex Rerum