Poetry in Speech : Orality and Homeric Discourse

Poetry in Speech Orality and Homeric Discourse

Applying linguistic theory to the study of Homeric style, Egbert J. Bakker offers a highly innovative approach to oral poetry, particularly the poetry of Homer. By situating formulas and other features of oral style within the wider contexts of spoken language and communication, he moves the study o...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bakker, Egbert J., author (author), Bakker, Egbert J., contributor (contributor), Nagy, Gregory, contributor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press 2018
[2018]
Series:Myth and poetics.
Subjects:
Homer > Criticism and interpretation.
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Poetics > History > To 1500.
Discourse analysis, Literary.
Oral-formulaic analysis.
Oral tradition > Greece.
Speech in literature.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009422305506719
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword / Nagy, Gregory
  • Acknowledgments / Bakker, Egbert J.
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE. PERSPECTIVES
  • CHAPTER I. The Construction of Orality
  • CHAPTER 2. The Writing of Homer
  • PART TWO. SPEECH
  • CHAPTER 3. Consciousness and Cognition
  • CHAPTER 4. The Syntax of Movement
  • CHAPTER 5. Homeric Framings
  • PART THREE. SPECIAL SPEECH
  • CHAPTER 6. Rhythm and Rhetoric
  • CHAPTER 7. Epithets and Epic Epiphany
  • CHAPTER 8. The Grammar of Poetry
  • Speech and Text: A Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index Locorum
  • General Index
  • MYTH AND POETICS

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