Distant Ventriloquism
Vocal Mimesis, Agency and Identity in Ancient Greek Performance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4833182 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles B Davis (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-65 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theatre Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-2882 • E-ISSN: 1086-332X |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tj.2003.0015 |
| OpenAlex | W2050976175 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 23 |
This essay presents evidence from mostly non-dramatic sources that provides relevant cultural context for the problem of voice characterization in ancient theatre. The exposed cultural codes show that vocal difference often signified a change of speaker, whether from one represented character to another, or from the human medium to the possessing demon or spirit. A deep and even sentimental linking of voice, identity, and agency in Greek culture suggests that vocal difference was important in signifying character identity and the agency behind speech
Acoustics · Aesthetics · Agency (philosophy · Ancient Greek · Archaeology · Art · Character (mathematics · Context (archaeology · Identity (music · Linguistics · Literature · Singing · Social science · Sociology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Communication · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology
Theater and society in the classical world
Orality and Literacy
Personality in Greek Epic, Tragedy, and Philosophy
The Collected Dialogues of Plato
Plato on Poetry
Political Comedy in Aristophanes
The Fragments of Sophocles
Reading the Ventriloquist's Lips
Prophets and Emperors
Public and Performance in the Greek Theatre
Aristofane, Autore di teatro
Comic technique and the fourth actor
Greek Theatre Performance
The Voice of the Actor in Greek Tragedy
The number of speaking actors in Old Comedy
Classical Greek Theatre
Actor and Character in Greek Tragedy
Aristophanic Parody
The Masks of Menander
Gods, Ghosts, and Ancestors
Puppet Voices and Interlocutors
Transformation in African Verbal Art
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |