The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication and Involvement

by: Budelmann, F.

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This book is a wide-ranging study of the language of the tragedian Sophocles. From a detailed analysis of sentence structure in the first chapter, it moves on to discuss how language shapes the perception of characters, of myths, of gods and of choruses. All chapters are united by a shared concern: how does Sophoclean language engage readers and spectators? Although the book focuses on the original Greek, translations make it accessible to anyone interested in Greek tragedy.

Draws on all the plays of Sophocles
Combines an interest in small-scale phenomena with wider interpretative matters like characters, gods and choruses
Takes an approach different from that used in the past

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Sentences: a shared world
2. Characters: a shared perspective
3. Myth and prophecy: shared order
4. Gods: a shared future
5. The chorus: shared survival
Short titles of editions and works of reference
Bibliography
General index
Index of passages discussed.

The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication and Involvement

by: Budelmann, F.

• ISBN-13: 9780521660402 / 978-0-521-66040-2
• ISBN-03: 0521660408 / 0-521-66040-8
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000

Price: 88,00 EURO

1 copy in stock