Gender and communication in Euripides' plays : between song and silence /

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In Greek tragedy, women constantly struggle to control language. This book shows how aspects of women's communication-song, silence and secret-keeping as female verbal genres, and the challenges of speaking out of place-constitute a decisive factor in Euripides' portrayal of gender.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Chong-Gossard, J. H. Kim On (James Harvey Kim On), 1969- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Collection:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 296.
Sujets:
Euripides.
Euripides > Characters > Women.
Euripides
Euripides > ca. 485/480 v. Chr.-406 v.Chr.
Euripides, > approximately 480-406 f.Kr > litterära gestalter.
Women in literature.
Greek drama (Tragedy)
Femmes dans la littérature.
Tragédie grecque.
DRAMA > Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Women in literature
Frau > Motiv
Frau
Sprache
Tragödie
Litteratur > Grekland > antiken.
Kvinnorollen.
Könsroller.
Kvinnor i litteraturen.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Description
Résumé:In Greek tragedy, women constantly struggle to control language. This book shows how aspects of women's communication-song, silence and secret-keeping as female verbal genres, and the challenges of speaking out of place-constitute a decisive factor in Euripides' portrayal of gender.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (viii, 263 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-254) and indexes.
ISBN:9789047442769
9047442768
ISSN:0169-8958 ;

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