Speculative Grammar and Stoic Language Theory in Medieval Allegorical Narrative: From Prudentius to Alan of Lille

ISBN-13: 9780415762939 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 146 str.

Jeffrey Bardzell;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

Bardzell unveils the way signification in medieval allegorical narrative depends not on Aristotelian theories of language, but rather on an alternative theory of language, which began with the Stoics and was transmitted through the Middle Ages via grammar theory.

Spis treści

Introduction  Chapter 1: Stoic Linguistic, Cosmological, and Ethical Doctrine as Precursor to Medieval Allegory  Chapter 2: Language and Abstraction in Prudentian Allegory  Chapter 3: The Presence of Stoicism in Eleventh and Twelfth Century Language Theory  Chapter 4: Alan of Lille’s Plaint of Nature and the Grammar of Cosmic Bonding  Conclusion

O autorze

Jeffrey Bardzell is an Assistant Professor of Human-Computer Interaction Design in the School of Informatics at Indiana University. He completed a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, focusing on medieval literature and philosophy as well as literary theory. In his current work, he is bridging literary and critical theory with interaction design.