Homeric conversation / Deborah Beck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beck, Deborah, author.

Contributor:

Center for Hellenic Studies (Washington, D.C.)

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.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 317 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Center For Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University, 2005.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"The action of both the Iliad and the Odyssey unfolds largely through the conversations the characters have with one another, yet Homeric Conversation is the first full-length study of conversation in the Homeric poems. Beck argues that conversation should be considered a traditional Homeric type scene, alongside recognized types such as 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. Conversation offers an important key for understanding the complex and engaging tensions that shape human relationships in the two poems."--Jacket.

Contents:

Ch. 1. One-on-one conversations (Odyssey)

Ch. 2. One-on-one conversations (Odysseus and Penelope)

Ch. 3. One-on-one conversations (Iliad)

Ch. 4. Single speeches and variations on the battlefield

Ch. 5. Group contexts I

assemblies

Ch. 6. Group contexts II

athletic games, laments

App. I. Breakdown of direct speeches in the Iliad and the Odyssey by turn type and by type of speech introductory formula

App. II. All participles that appear in reply formulas of the type [ton/ten] [participle] [prosephe] [nominative name/epithet]

App. III. Full-verse context-specific introductory formulas

App. IV. Full-verse speech concluding formulas.

Notes:

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

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Beck, Deborah. Homeric conversation.

OCLC:

940519901

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