Ancient Greek ekphrasis : between description and narration : five linguistic and narratological case studies / by Niels Koopman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koopman, Niels, author.

Contributor:

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Series:

Amsterdam studies in classical philology ; v. 26.

Amsterdam studies in classical philology ; volume 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ekphrasis.

Greek literature--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 294 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: Ekphrasis, Narration and Description

1.1.The `Problem' of Ekphrasis: To Narrate or to Describe?

1.2.A Definition of Ekphrasis

1.3.Ekphrasis: Description and/or Narration?

1.3.1.Preliminaries

1.3.2.State of the Art

1.3.3.Concluding Remarks

1.4.Narration

1.4.1.Introduction

1.4.2.Narration, Narrative and Narrativity

1.4.3.Verbal and Visual Narrative

1.4.4.Concluding Remarks

1.5.Description

1.5.1.Introduction

1.5.2.Description and Descriptivity

1.5.3.Concluding Remarks

1.5.4.Verbal and Visual Description

1.6.Conclusion

2.Methodology, Test Cases and Corpus

2.1.Introduction

2.2.A Model for Analysis

2.2.1.Introduction

2.2.2.The Discourse Modes

2.3.The Harbour of Phorcys and the Cave of the Nymphs (Od. 13.96-112)

2.3.1.Introduction

2.3.2.Analysis

2.4.Agamemnon Arms for Battle (Il. 11.15-46)

2.4.1.Introduction

2.4.2.Analysis

Note continued: 2.4.3.Patroclus Arms for Battle (IL 16.131-144)

2.5.Conclusion

2.6.Corpus

3.The Shield of Achilles (Il. 18.478-608)

3.1.Introduction

3.2.Description, Narration, or Both? A Brief State of the Art

3.3.Shield of Achilles: Its Descriptivity and Narrativity

3.3.1.Overview of Tenses

3.3.2.Hephaestus' Actions (468-613)

3.3.3.The Images (483-608)

3.4.Conclusion

3.5.Visualizing the Shield of Achilles

4.The Shield of Heracles (Hes. Sc. 139-320)

4.1.Introduction

4.2.Description, Narration, or Both? A Brief State of the Art

4.3.The Shield of Heracles: Its Descriptivity and Narrativity

4.3.1.Overview of Tenses

4.3.2.The Images (144-317) and the Lines Surrounding the Images (139-143 and 318-321)

4.4.Conclusion

4.5.Visualizing the Shield of Heracles

5.The Goatherd's Cup (Theoc. Id. 1.27-60)

5.1.Introduction

5.2.Description, Narration, or Both? A Brief State of the Art

Note continued: 5.3.The Goatherd's Cup: Its Descriptivity and Narrativity

5.3.1.Text and Translation

5.3.2.Overview of Tenses

5.3.3.Preliminaries

5.3.4.The Lines Surrounding the Images (25-31 and 55-60)

5.3.5.The Images (32-54)

5.4.Conclusion

5.5.Visualizing the Goatherd's Cup

6.Jason's Cloak (a.r. 1.721-768)

6.1.Introduction

6.2.Jason's Cloak: Its Descriptivity and Narrativity

6.2.1.Text and Translation

6.2.2.Overview of Tenses

6.2.3.Preliminaries

6.2.4.The Lines Surrounding the Images (721-729 and 768-773)

6.2.5.The Images (730-767)

6.3.Conclusion

6.4.Visualizing Jason's Cloak

7.Europa's Basket (Mosch. Eur. 37-62)

7.1.Introduction

7.2.Europa's Basket: Its Descriptivity and Narrativity

7.2.1.Text and Translation

7.2.2.Overview of Tenses

7.2.3.Preliminaries

7.2.4.The Lines Surrounding the Images (37-42 and 62)

7.2.5.The Images (43-61)

7.3.Conclusion

7.4.Visualizing Europa's Basket

Note continued: 8.Conclusion

8.1.Ekphrasis: Between Description and Narration

8.2.Ekphrasis and Visualization

8.3.The Findings of This Study and the Notion of Ekphrasis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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