Audible Punctuation - Performative Pause in Homeric Prosody

Audible Punctuation focuses on the pause in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, both as a compositional feature and as a performative aspect of delivery. Ronald Blankenborg's analysis of metrical, rhythmical, syntactical, and phonological phrasing shows that the text of the Homeric epic allows for different options for performative pause.

Info autore

Ronald J. J. Blankenborg is Assistant Professor of Ancient Greek Literature and Linguistics at Radboud University, Nijmegen.

Riassunto

Audible Punctuation focuses on the pause in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, both as a compositional feature and as a performative aspect of delivery. Ronald Blankenborg’s analysis of metrical, rhythmical, syntactical, and phonological phrasing shows that the text of the Homeric epic allows for different options for performative pause.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ronald J. J. Blankenborg
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9780674237957
• ISBN: 978-0-674-23795-7
• Pagine: 308
• Serie: Hellenic Studies Series; Hellenic Studies; Hellenic Studies; Hellenic Studies Series
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica > Lirica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; POETRY / General, Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Poetry / Poems