Homeric Conversation is the first full-length study of conversation in the Homeric poems. Deborah Beck argues that conversation should be considered a traditional Homeric type scene, alongside recognized types such as arrival, sacrifice, battle, and hospitality. Drawing on both linguistics and previous work on type scenes and oral aesthetics, the book describes the typical conversational patterns that characterize a range of situations, including one-on-one conversation, formal assemblies, battlefield encounters, and laments. Departures from these typical patterns for conversation provide the basis for a wide-ranging, closely argued aesthetic analysis of repetition and variation in the Homeric epics.
| ISBN: | 9780674019621 |
| Publication date: | 3rd March 2006 |
| Author: | Deborah Beck |
| Publisher: | Center for Hellenic Studies an imprint of Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 317 pages |
| Series: | Hellenic Studies |
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History |
Homeric Conversation is the first full-length study of conversation in the Homeric poems. Deborah Beck argues that conversation should be considered a traditional Homeric type scene, alongside recognized types such as arrival, sacrifice, battle, and hospitality. Drawing on both linguistics and previous work on type scenes and oral aesthetics, the book describes the typical conversational patterns that characterize a range of situations, including one-on-one conversation, formal assemblies, battlefield encounters, and laments. Departures from these typical patterns for conversation provide the basis for a wide-ranging, closely argued aesthetic analysis of repetition and variation in the Homeric epics.
Homeric Conversation features in the following genres: History
Homeric Conversation is available in Paperback
Homeric Conversation was written by Deborah Beck and published by Center for Hellenic Studies an imprint of Harvard University Press
Homeric Conversation has 317 pages
Yes it is part of Hellenic Studies series