From agent to spectator : witnessing the aftermath in ancient greek epic and tragedy
This book looks at witnesses to suffering and death in ancient Greek epic (Homer s Iliad) and tragedy. Internal spectators abound in both genres, and have received due scholarly attention. The present monograph covers new ground by dealing with a specific subset of characters: those who are put in t...
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| Formato: | Thèse numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter
2016.
Berlin ; Boston : |
| Series: | Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes
volume 30 |
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| Acceso en liña: | Accès sur la plateforme de l'éditeur Accès sur la plateforme ISTEX Accès Université d'Orléans |
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Notice rédigée d'après la consultation du 2017-10-19 Version électronique de l'édition de Berlin : De Gruyter, 2016 De Gruyter e-books Corpus Sciences de l'Antiquité (Licence nationale) |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • From agent to spectator, witnessing the aftermath in ancient Greek epic and tragedy, Emily Allen-Hornblower, Berlin, De Gruyter, 2016, 1 vol. (VIII-336 p.), Trends in classics, 978-3-11-057818-8 |
| Résumé: | This book looks at witnesses to suffering and death in ancient Greek epic (Homer s Iliad) and tragedy. Internal spectators abound in both genres, and have received due scholarly attention. The present monograph covers new ground by dealing with a specific subset of characters: those who are put in the position of spectator to (and, often, commentator on) their own deed(s). By their very nature, protagonists are confined to the role of witness to the suffering (or deaths) they have caused only for brief stretches of time often a single scene or even just the length of a speech but every instance is of central importance, not just to our understanding of the characters in question, but also to the articulation of fundamental themes within the poetic works under examination. As they shift from the status of agent to that of witness, these protagonists, qua spectators to the consequences of their actions, give voice to, dramatize, and enact the tragic motifs of human helplessness and mortal fallibility that lie at the core of Homeric epic and Greek tragedy and that define the human condition, in a manner that leads the audience looking on to ponder their own |
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| descrición da copia: | Notice rédigée d'après la consultation du 2017-10-19 Version électronique de l'édition de Berlin : De Gruyter, 2016 De Gruyter e-books Corpus Sciences de l'Antiquité (Licence nationale) |
| Formato: | Nécessite un navigateur et un lecteur de fichier PDF ou EPUB |
| Bibliografía: | Bibliogr. p. [311]-326 de l'édition imprimée. Notes bibliogr. Index |
| ISBN: | 9783110430042 (PDF) |
| ISSN: | 2365-1652 |
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