Shared storytelling in Euripidean stichomythia / Liesbeth Schuren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schuren, Elisabeth Maria, 1980- author.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in classical philology ; Volume 22.

Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology, 1380-6068 ; Volume 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stichomythia.

Euripides--Criticism and interpretation.

Euripides.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 268 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Brill 2015

Leiden : Brill, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Long, stichomythic dialogues in the tragedies of Euripides are connected with some of the greatest problems of critical appreciation. The form is considered unnatural particularly when characters use stichomythia to tell stories to each other. In Shared Storytelling in Euripidean Stichomythia Liesbeth Schuren tries to rehabilitate Euripidean stichomythia, using pragmatic and narratological approaches. In the section devoted to pragmatic analysis, comparison between the turn-taking systems in Euripidean stichomythia and naturally occurring conversation establishes to what extent convention and realism are operative. Using narratological arguments, the traditional apparatus is expanded to suit the dialogic nature of narrative stichomythia. Analysis of narrative presentation in storytelling with two interlocutors results in a multi-faceted perspective, an effect unique to narrative stichomythia.

Contents:

Front Matter

Introduction

Turn-Taking

Social Deixis

Introduction to Part 2

Distribution of Narrative Activity

Narrative Presentation

Historic Present

The Proximal Deictic Pronoun ὅδε

Ex Eventu Knowledge

Conclusion

Bibliography

Indexes.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-28261-0

OCLC:

895256978

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004282612 DOI