Homeric conversation / Deborah Beck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beck, Deborah.

Series:

Hellenic studies ; 14.

Hellenic studies ; 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homer--Technique.

Homer.

Conversation in literature.

Epic poetry, Greek--History and criticism.

Epic poetry, Greek.

Greek language--Spoken Greek.

Greek language.

Speech in literature.

Homer--Language.

Technique.

Physical Description:

ix, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Center For Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University ; Cambridge, Mass : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2005.

Summary:

"Homeric Conversation" is the first full-length study of conversation in the Homeric poems. Deborah Beck argues that conversation should be considered a traditional Homeric type scene, alongside recognized types such as arrival, sacrifice, battle, and hospitality. Drawing on both linguistics and previous work on type scenes and oral aesthetics, the book describes the typical conversational patterns that characterize a range of situations, including one-on-one conversation, formal assemblies, battlefield encounters, and laments. Departures from these typical patterns for conversation provide the basis for a wide-ranging, closely argued aesthetic analysis of repetition and variation in the Homeric epics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-304) and indexes.

ISBN:

0674019628

OCLC:

61704707