Talking Trojan: Speech and Community in the Iliad - Brossura

Mackie, Hilary

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0847682552 ISBN 13: 9780847682553

Casa editrice: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1996

Riassunto

In this penetrating new look at the use of language in the Iliad, Hilary Mackie examines the portrayal of the opposing forces in terms not only of nationality but of linguistics. The way the Greeks and the Trojans speak, Mackie argues, reflects their disparate cultural structures and their relative positions in the Trojan War. While Achaean speech is aggressive and public, intended to preserve social order, Trojan language is more reflective, private, and introspective. Mackie identifies the differences between Greek and Trojan language by analyzing poetic formulas, usually thought to indicate a similarity of language among Homeric characters, and conversations, which are seen here to be of equal importance to the numerous speeches throughout the Iliad. Mackie concludes with analyses of the two great heroes of the Iliad, Hektor and Achilles, and the extent to which they represent their own cultures in their use of language.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Hilary Mackie is Assistant Professor of Classics at Rice University.

Product Description:

Book by Mackie Hilary

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0847682552
• ISBN 13: 9780847682553
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208