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Pragmatic approaches to drama : studies in communication on the ancient stage

Martin, Gunther - Personal Name; Iurescia, Federica - Personal Name; Hof, Severin - Personal Name; Sorrentino, Giada - Personal Name;

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.

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Series Title: The Language of Classical Literature, 32
Call Number: 882.009 PRA p
Publisher: Leiden - Boston : Brill., 2020
Collation: XIII, 496 p.
Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 9789004440265
Classification: 882.009
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Subject(s): Theater
Rhetoric, Ancient
Classical drama
Gesture in literature
Interpersonal communication
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