Pragmatic approaches to drama : studies in communication on the ancient stage / edited by Gunther Martin, Federica Iurescia, Severin Hof, Giada Sorrentino.
By: Doing Things with Words on Stage: Pragmatics and its Use in Ancient Drama (Conference) (2018 : Universität Zürich)
Contributor(s): Martin, Gunther [editor.] | Iurescia, Federica [editor.] | Hof, Severin [editor.] | Sorrentino, Giada [editor.]
Language: English Series: The language of classical literature, 32Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789004440197; 9789004440265Subject(s): To 500 | Classical drama -- History and criticism -- Congresses | Language and languages in literature -- Congresses | Theater -- Greece -- History -- To 500 -- Congresses | Theater -- Rome -- History -- To 500 -- Congresses | Pragmatics -- Congresses | Interpersonal communication -- Congresses | Rhetoric, Ancient -- Congresses | Speech acts (Linguistics) -- CongressesGenre/Form: proceedings (reports) | Conference papers and proceedings | Criticism, interpretation, etc. | History | Conference papers and proceedings. | Actes de congrès.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pragmatic approaches to dramaDDC classification: 882.009 LOC classification: PA3026Online resources: Full text is available at the Directory of Open Access Books. Click here to view. 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.| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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.
"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.
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