Sardonic smile : nonverbal behavior in Homeric epic / Donald Lateiner.
1995
PA4037 .L44 1995 (Mapit)
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Sardonic smile : nonverbal behavior in Homeric epic / Donald Lateiner.
Author
Lateiner, Donald.
ISBN
0472105981 (alk. paper)
9780472105984 (alk. paper)
0472084909
9780472084906
9780472105984 (alk. paper)
0472084909
9780472084906
Imprint
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1995.
Language
English
Description
xxi, 340 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
PA4037 .L44 1995
Dewey Decimal Classification
883/.01
Summary
No previous work has thoroughly analyzed nonverbal behavior in Homeric epic. Gesture and posture, conscious and unconscious manipulation of space and time, and involuntary "leakage" such as twitching and shivering can intensify and underline - or contradict and ironize - the speech of characters and hexameter narrative. Lateiner explores how the Homeric poems frequently and consistently employ gesture, posture, and vocalics to convey situation and meaning, sometimes instead of speech or instrumental action, sometimes in addition to those signals of meaning. Sardonic Smile has been written for a broad audience including classicists, cultural historians, anthropologists, semioticians, and students of comparative literature. A general introduction to gesture in life and literature, translated Greek, and a glossary of terms make the volume accessible to student and scholar alike.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-309) and indexes.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Nonverbal Behavior in Life and Literature
2. Apprehending Homeric Character(s): Gesture and Criticism
3. Probe and Survey: Nonverbal Behaviors in Iliad 24
4. Heroic Etiquette: Salutation, Encounter, and Valediction
5. Leaking Heroic Sentiment: "Face" and "Tone"
6. "Standing Tall": Posture, Elevation, and Deference
7. Heroic Proxemics: Social Space and Distance
8. Youth: The Boy-Man's Body-Talk
9. Status: Odysseus' Body and the Beggar's Stigma
10. The Suitors' Take: Manners and Power in Ithaka
11. Gendered Weapons: Penelope's Nonverbal Behaviors
Conclusion: "More Than Words Can Say ..."
Appendix: Chronemics.
2. Apprehending Homeric Character(s): Gesture and Criticism
3. Probe and Survey: Nonverbal Behaviors in Iliad 24
4. Heroic Etiquette: Salutation, Encounter, and Valediction
5. Leaking Heroic Sentiment: "Face" and "Tone"
6. "Standing Tall": Posture, Elevation, and Deference
7. Heroic Proxemics: Social Space and Distance
8. Youth: The Boy-Man's Body-Talk
9. Status: Odysseus' Body and the Beggar's Stigma
10. The Suitors' Take: Manners and Power in Ithaka
11. Gendered Weapons: Penelope's Nonverbal Behaviors
Conclusion: "More Than Words Can Say ..."
Appendix: Chronemics.