Powers of Expression, Expressions of Power - Speech Presentation and Latin Literature

Zusatztext This is a surprising book and [it] deserves a wide audience. Laird makes a strong case for the use of narratology in classics, and simultaneously initiates a critique of the ideology of narrative representation. His vision of the contact zone between classics and theory is not the usual one-way traffic. Klappentext Can a speaker's words ever be faithfully reported? This discussion of Latin literature offers an original contribution to current debates about discourse and representation. Ancient texts are discussed in conjunction with examples from modern literature to highlight what happens when speech itself becomes the subject of a story. Zusammenfassung Can a speaker's words ever be faithfully reported? This discussion of Latin literature offers an original contribution to current debates about discourse and representation. Ancient texts are discussed in conjunction with examples from modern literature to highlight what happens when speech itself becomes the subject of a story.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Laird, Andrew (Lecturer in Classics Laird
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.1999
• EAN: 9780198152767
• ISBN: 978-0-19-815276-7
• No. of pages: 380
• Series: Oxford Classical Monographs; Oxford Classical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Ancient World, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc