Powers of Expression, Expressions of Power: Speech Presentation and Latin Literature

ISBN-13: 9780198152767 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 382 str.

Andrew Laird

Opis

Can a speaker's words ever be faithfully reported? History, philosophy, ethnography, political theory, linguistics, and literary criticism all involve debates about discourse and presentation. By drawing from Plato's theory of discourse, the lively analysis of speech presentation in this book provides a coherent and original contribution to these debates.

Recenzje

This is a surprising book and [it] deserves a wide audience. Laird makes a strong case for the use of narratology in classics, and simultaneously initiates a critique of the ideology of narrative representation. His vision of the contact zone between classics and theory is not the usual one-way traffic.