Orality, Literacy and Performance in the Ancient World

Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World, vol. 9

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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The ninth meeting in the international Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World series - in the fiftieth year since the publication in 1960 of Albert Lord's The Singer of Tales - took as its theme 'Composition and Performance'. This volume contains a selection of those papers, several of which illustrate methodologically innovative approaches to the act of composition, the nature of performance, and vocalization in text. Under consideration are Homer, Hesiod, Plato, Isocrates, the orators of the Second Sophistic, and Proclus. Cross-cultural studies include, amongst others, South Slavic epic and a text from the Sanskrit archive.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-12-09
Mått160 x 240 x 21 mm
Vikt640 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska, Klassisk grekiska, Latin
SerieMnemosyne, Supplements
Antal sidor270
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004217744

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Elizabeth Minchin, PhD (1990) in Classics, Australian National University, teaches Ancient Greek and Latin language and literature at the ANU. Her research field is Homer and memory. Recent publications are Homer and the Resources of Memory and Homeric Voices.Contributors include: Deborah Beck, Anna Bonifazi, Mathilde Cambron-Goulet, James Collins, David Elmer, Adrian Kelly, Jeroen Lauwers, Patrizia Marzillo, Jonathan Ready, Ruth Scodel, Niall Slater and McComas Taylor.

ContentsPrefaceNotes on ContributorsIntroductionElizabeth MinchinPart IPoetry in PerformanceChapter 1 The Audience Expects: Penelope and OdysseusAdrian KellyChapter 2 The Presentation of Song in Homer's OdysseyDeborah BeckChapter 3Comparative Perspectives on the Composition of the Homeric SimileJonathon ReadyChapter 4Composing Lines, Performing Acts: Clauses, Discourse Acts, and Melodic Units in a South Slavic Epic SongAnna Bonifazi and David F. ElmerChapter 5Works and Days as PerformanceRuth ScodelPart IILiteracy and OralityChapter 6Empowering the Sacred: The Function of the Sanskrit Text in a Contemporary Exposition of the BhāgavatapurāṇaMcComas TaylorChapter 7Prompts for Participation in Early Philosophical TextsJames Henderson Collins IIChapter 8Performing an Academic Talk: Proclus on Hesiod's Works and DaysPatrizia MarzilloChapter 9The Criticism--and the Practice--of Literacy in the Ancient Philosophical TraditionMathilde Cambron-GouletChapter 10Reading Books, Talking Culture: The Performance of Paideia inImperial Greek LiteratureJeroen LauwersChapter 11Eumolpus Poeta at Work: Rehearsed Spontaneity in the SatyriconNiall Slater