The language of Greek comedy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andreas Willi

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (356 p.)
• Disciplina: 882.009
• Soggetto topico: Greek drama (Comedy) - History and criticism; Greek language - Style; Language and culture - Greece
• Altri autori: WilliAndreas
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; 1.The Language of Greek Comedy: Introduction and Bibliographical Sketch; 2.Ionian Iambos and Attic Komoidia: Father and Daughter, or Just Cousins?; 3.The Language of Doric Comedy; 4.Some Evaluative Terms in Aristophanes; 5.Figures of Speech in Aristophanes; 6.Languages on Stage: Aristophanic Language, Cultural History, and Athenian Identity; 7.Comic Elements in Tragic Language: The Case of Aeschylus' Oresteia; 8.[Omitted] Language and Character in Antiphanes; 9.Some Orthographical Variants in the Papyri of Later Greek Comedy ; 10.Speech within Speech in MenanderReferences; Index of Passages; Index of Greek; General Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The contributions to this volume illustrate how the linguistic study of Greek comedy can deepen our knowledge of the intricate connections between the dramatic texts and their literary and socio-cultural environment. Topics discussed include the relationship of comedy and iambus, the world of Doric comedy in Sicily, figures of speech and obscene vocabulary in Aristophanes, comic elements in tragedy, language and cultural identity in fifth-century Athens, linguistic characterizationin Middle Comedy, the textual transmission of New Comedy, and the interaction of language and dramatic technique i
• Titolo autorizzato: The language of Greek comedy
• ISBN: 0-19-152969-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996217844603316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno