Speculative Grammar Stoic Language Theory in Medieval Allegorical - From Prudentius to Alan of Lille

Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Bardzell is an Assistant Professor of Human-Computer Interaction Design in the School of Informatics at Indiana University. He completed a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, focusing on medieval literature and philosophy as well as literary theory. In his current work, he is bridging literary and critical theory with interaction design. Zusammenfassung In this study Bardzell unveils the way signification in medieval allegorical narrative depends not on Aristotelian theories of language, but rather on an alternative theory of language, which began with the Stoics and was transmitted through the Middle Ages via grammar theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: Stoic Linguistic, Cosmological, and Ethical Doctrine as Precursor to Medieval Allegory Chapter 2: Language and Abstraction in Prudentian Allegory Chapter 3: The Presence of Stoicism in Eleventh and Twelfth Century Language Theory Chapter 4: Alan of Lille’s Plaint of Nature and the Grammar of Cosmic Bonding Conclusion

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• Authors: Jeffrey Bardzell, Jeffrey (University of Indiana Bardzell, Bardzell Jeffrey
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.10.2008
• EAN: 9780415978521
• ISBN: 978-0-415-97852-1
• No. of pages: 146
• Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Literature & literary studies, Biography, Literature and Literary studies