Submerged literature in ancient Greek culture : an introduction / / edited by Giulio Colesanti and Manuela Giordano ; contributors, Maria Broggiato [and nine others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786802003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 3-11-039020-5; 3-11-033408-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Collana: Submerged Literature in Ancient Greek Culture ; ; [Volume 1]
• Disciplina: 880.9001
• Soggetti: Greek literature - History and criticism
• 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 and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introductory Notes / Colesanti, Giulio / Giordano, Manuela -- Defining the Indefinable: Greek Submerged Literature and Some Problems of Terminology / Ercolani, Andrea -- Submerged Literature in an Oral Culture / Palmisciano, Riccardo -- The Canon and Its Boundaries / Nicolai, Roberto -- Beyond the Canon: Hellenistic Scholars and Their Texts / Broggiato, Maria -- The Trojan War Myth: Rhapsodic Canon and Lyric Alternatives / Sbardella, Livio -- Local Epics and Epic Cycles: the Anomalous Case of a Submerged Genre / Lulli, Laura -- Two Cases of Submerged Monodic Lyric: Sympotic Poetry and Lullabies / Colesanti, Giulio -- Dramatic Actions from Archaic Iconographic Sources: the Domain of the Satyrikon / Palmisciano, Riccardo -- Comedy outside the Canon: from Ritual Slapstick to Hellenistic Mime / Sonnino, Maurizio -- Out of Athens. Ritual Performances, Spaces, and the Emergence of Tragedy / Giordano, Manuela -- By Way of Conclusion / Broggiato, Maria / Colesanti, Giulio / Ercolani, Andrea / Giordano, Manuela / Lulli, Laura / Napolitano, Michele / Nicolai, Roberto / Palmisciano, Riccardo / Sbardella, Livio / Sonnino, Maurizio -- Reference List -- Index Nominum -- Index Rerum Notabilium -- Index Locorum -- Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume deals with the submerged literature of ancient Greece; that is, all the texts produced for socially relevant events that have contributed to the configuration and articulation of ancient Greek culture as we know it. In particular, the hermeneutic tool of submerged literature may shed new light on the dynamics behind the 'emersion' or 'submersion' of certain texts during different periods. The category of submerged literature is extended here to include preserved and lost texts as well as those texts that can be reconstructed through investigation. The volume investigates the manifold speech acts that we know of through various sources and that, either from the outset or over the course of time, have been placed at the edge of diffusion, conservation and transmission. The essays contained in the volume deal with questions of hermeneutics, philology and methodology, as well as with epic cycles, lyric poetry, tragedy, comedy, satyr drama, and mime. By approaching these genres from the perspective of submerged literature, the book tries to provide a more precise contextualization of the texts within the communication system of ancient Greece. The book thus presents a new line of research and a series of studies that take a fresh look at the texts and all archaeological and iconographic sources relating to Greek culture, taking into account the results of ethnographic and anthropological research. This extensive investigation examines unique ancient Greek orality and literacy dynamics using a new hermeneutic frame that will hopefully reshape our understanding of ancient Greek culture.

Constitutional rights in two worlds : South Africa and the United States / / Mark S. Kende

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910954877403321
• Autore: Kende Mark S. <1960->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009
• ISBN: 1-107-19927-1; 1-282-10382-2; 9786612103827; 0-511-51738-6; 0-511-57601-3; 0-511-51787-4; 0-511-51534-0; 0-511-51433-6; 0-511-51662-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 321 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 342.6808/5
• Soggetti: Human rights - South Africa; Constitutional law - South Africa; Human rights - United States; Constitutional law - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- History and background -- The death penalty -- Gender equality -- Gay rights -- Affirmative action -- Freedom of expression -- Freedom of religion -- Socioeconomic rights -- Final thoughts.
• Sommario/riassunto: The South African Constitutional Court has issued internationally prominent decisions abolishing the death penalty, enforcing socio-economic rights, allowing gay marriage and promoting equality. These decisions are striking given the country's apartheid past and the absence of a grand human rights tradition. By contrast, the US Supreme Court has generally ruled more conservatively on similar questions. This book examines the Constitutional Court in detail to determine how ; it has functioned during South Africa's transition and compares its rulings to those of the US Supreme Court on similar rights issues. The book also analyzes the scholarly debate about the Constitutional Court taking place in South Africa. It furthermore addresses the arguments of those international scholars who have suggested that constitutional courts do not generally bring about social change. In the end, the book highlights a transformative pragmatic method of constitutional interpretation - a method the US Supreme Court could employ.