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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144113303321

Titolo

The language of literature : linguistic approaches to classical texts / / edited by Rutger J. Allan, Michel Buijs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2007

ISBN

1-281-92104-1

9786611921040

90-474-2180-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Collana

Brill eBook titles 2007

Amsterdam studies in classical philology, , 1380-6068 ; ; v. 13

Altri autori (Persone)

AllanRutger J

BuijsMichel

Disciplina

880.09

Soggetti

Greek literature - Criticism, Textual

Latin literature - Criticism, Textual

Greek literature - History and criticism

Latin literature - History and criticism

Greek language - Word order

Latin language - Word order

Greek language - Style

Latin language - Style

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-241) and index.

Nota di contenuto

General introduction / Rutger J. Allan and Michel Buijs -- Sophocles Trachiniae 1-48, Euripidean prologues, and their audiences / Irene J.F. de Jong -- Mythical chronology in the Odes of Pindar : the cases of Pythian 10 and Olympian 3 / Lukas van den Berge -- Discourse modes and bases in Vergil's Aeneid / Suzanne M. Adema -- Discourse modes and the use of tenses in Ovid's Metamorphoses / Caroline H.M. Kroon -- Sense and sentence complexity : sentence structure, sentence connection, and tense-aspect as indicators of narrative mode in Thucydides' Histories / Rutger J. Allan -- Aspectual differences and narrative technique : Xenophon's Hellenica & Agesilaus / Michel Buijs -- L'opposition aspectuelle 'present' : aoriste dans la Grande loi de



Gortyne / Jean Lallot -- Intentions and future realisations in Herodotus / Gerry C. Wakker -- Adjective ordering in Herodotus : a pragmatic explanation / Stephanie J. Bakker -- From Demetrius to Dik : ancient and modern views on Greek and Latin word order / Casper C. de Jonge.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is a collection of papers revealing the largely unexplored boundary between linguistic and literary approaches to classical texts. Eleven contributions by various scholars discuss a wide range of linguistic and literary aspects of classical texts: the narratee in the prologues of Sophocles’ Trachiniae and of Euripides, the chronology in Pindar’s Odes, the relation between tense-aspect and Discourse Modes in Thucydides, Xenophon, Vergil and Ovid, the use of aspect in the Law Code of Gortyn, expressions of futurity and the word order of adjectives in Herodotus, and, finally, ancient and modern views on word order. Following an interdisciplinary approach, all contributions aim at bridging the gap between linguistic and literary study of classical texts.