Pragmatic Approaches to Drama: Studies in Communication on the Ancient Stage

Pragmatic Approaches to Drama: Studies in Communication on the Ancient Stage

Contributor(s)

Martin, Gunther (editor)

Iurescia, Federica (editor)

Hof, Severin (editor)

Sorrentino, Giada (editor)

This volume collects papers on pragmatic perspectives on ancient theatre. Scholars working on literature, linguistics, theatre will find interesting insights on verbal and non-verbal uses of language in ancient Greek and Roman Drama. Comedies and tragedies spanning from the 5th century B.C.E. to the 1st century C.E. are investigated in terms of im/politeness, theory of mind, interpersonal pragmatics, 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. Readership: Academics and advanced students interested in ancient Greek and Roman drama, historical pragmatics, drama and performance, linguistics, narratology, literary interpretation of dramatic genres.

URI

https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48297

Keywords

Literary studies: classical, early & medieval

DOI

10.1163/9789004440265

ISBN

9789004440265, 9789004440197, 9789004440265

Publisher

Brill

Publisher website

https://brill.com/

Publication date and place

2020

Grantor

• Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung

Imprint

BRILL

Series

The Language of Classical Literature, 32

Classification

Literary studies: classical, early & medieval

Pages

496

Rights

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/