Pragmatic Approaches to Drama : : Studies in Communication on the Ancient Stage / / edited by Gunther Martin [and three others].

This volume collects papers on pragmatic perspectives on ancient theatre. Scholars working on literature, linguistics, theatre will find interesting insights on verbal and non-verbal uses of language in ancient Greek and Roman Drama. Comedies and Tragedies spanning from 5th B.C.E. to 1st C.E. are in...

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Superior document:The Language of Classical Literature Series ; Volume 32
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands : : Brill,, [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:Language of classical literature ; Volume 32.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Gunther Martin, Federica Iurescia, Severin Hof and Giada Sorrentino
  • Part 1 Verbal Communication  I : Doing Things with Words
  • How To Do Things with (ἐ)κεῖνος and αὐτός in Tragedy: Initial Suggestions
  • Anna Bonifazi
  • Pointing to Common Ground in Dramatic Dialogue: The Case of δή and τοι
  • Rutger J. Allan
  • Terms of Address on Right Periphery in Greek Tragedy
  • Sandra Rodríguez Piedrabuena
  • The Linguistic Characterisation of Oedipus in OT : A Pragmatics-Based Approach to 'Mind Style'
  • Evert van Emde Boas
  • Resonance in the Prologue of Sophocles' Ajax
  • Severin Hof
  • Pentheus und Dionysos in den Bakchen : Die Grenzen des klaren Dialogs
  • Camille Semenzato
  • Iphigenie und ihre Mutter: Pragmatische Bemerkungen zur Iphigenie in Aulis
  • Giada Sorrentino
  • Part 2 Verbal Communication  II : Being More or Less Kind with Words
  • Oedipus and Tiresias: Im/politeness Theory and the Interpretation of Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus
  • Luigi Battezzato
  • Politeness and Impoliteness in Aristophanes
  • Michael Lloyd
  • Developments in Politeness from Aristophanes to Menander and Beyond
  • Peter Barrios-Lech
  • Advice-Giving in Roman Comedy: Speech-Act Formulation and Im/politeness
  • Łukasz Berger
  • The Politics of Manipulation: Politeness and Insincerity in the Language of Parasites and Courtesans in Plautus' Comedies
  • Luis Unceta Gómez
  • Part 3 Verbal and Non-verbal Communication: Doing Things Not Just with Words
  • Silence and the Failure of Persuasion in Tragic Discourse
  • Vanessa Zetzmann
  • Doing Things with Words ... and Gestures on Stage
  • Matteo Capponi
  • Reflections on Gestures and Words in Terence's Comedies
  • Licinia Ricottilli
  • The Kiss in Plautus' Stichus : Notes on Gestures and Words in View of a Pragmatics of Comic Communication
  • Renata Raccanelli
  • Lacrimae and uultus : Pragmatic Considerations on Gestures in Seneca's Tragedies
  • Evita Calabrese
  • Pragmatics of fraus : Encoding and Decoding of Deceit in Seneca's Troades and Thyestes
  • Lavinia Scolari
  • Epilogue
  • Euripides: Von der Rhetorik zur Pragmatik
  • Carlo Scardino
  • Index Locorum
  • Index Rerum.