The Language of Sophocles
The Language of Sophocles
Communality, Communication and Involvement
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
Reviews & endorsements
"...this is an often lively and readable study." Ruth Scodel, The University of Michigan
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January 2011Adobe eBook Reader
9780511837715
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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.
