The Language of Sophocles

Communality, Communication and Involvement

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19947259
AutoresFelix Budelmann (University of Manchester, autor de correspondencia)
Año1999
Fecha de publicación1999-11-28
Open AccessSí
TipoBOOK
RevistaLanguage of Sophocles (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511518379
OpenAlexW582196402
Open LibraryOL34442118M
ISBN9780511518379
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10

This 1999 book is a wide-ranging study of Sophoclean language. From a detailed analysis of sentence-structure in the first chapter, it moves on to discuss in subsequent chapters how language shapes the perception of characters, of myths, of gods and of choruses. All chapters are united by a shared concern: how does Sophoclean language engage readers and spectators? In answering this question, The Language of Sophocles avoids the current emphasis on cultural specificity. Instead, it concentrates on those aspects of Sophoclean language which can engage a large number of different spectators and readers. With this change in emphasis, this study is able to offer various fresh observations about the workings of Sophoclean language. Although the book focuses on the original Greek, translations make it accessible to anybody interested in Greek tragedy

Art · Emphasis (telecommunications) · Greek tragedy · Linguistics · Literature · Mythology · Perception · Sentence · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · Philosophy · Psychology · ancient · Communities in literature · Community in literature · Greece · Greek · Greek language · Language · Mythology, in literature · Oral communication · Sophocles · Style · Tragedy