Doing Things with Words on Stage: Pragmatics and its Use in Ancient Drama (Conference) (2018 : Universitat Zurich)
Title:
Pragmatic approaches to drama : studies in communication on the ancient stage / edited by Gunther Martin, Federica Iurescia, Severin Hof, Giada Sorrentino.
Selected papers from a conference entitled, Doing Things with Words on Stage: Pragmatics and its Use in Ancient Drama, which was held at the University of Zurich from 4th to 7th July, 2018. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:
"This volume collects papers on pragmatic perspectives on ancient theatre. Scholars working on literature, linguistics, and theatre will find interesting insights on verbal and non-verbal uses of language in ancient Greek and Roman Drama. Comedies and Tragedies spanning from 5th B.C.E. to 1st C.E. are investigated in terms of im/politeness, theory of mind, interpersonal pragmatics, and body language, to name some of the approaches which afford new interpretations of difficult textual passages or shed new light into nuances of characterisation, or possibilities of performance. Words, silence, gestures, do things, all the more so in dramatic dialogues on stage"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
The language of classical literature, 2590-2709 ; volume 32
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.