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Terence and the Language of Roman Comedy »
Authors: Evangelos Karakasis, P. E. Easterling (Editor), M. K. Hopkins
ISBN-13: 9780521842983, ISBN-10: 0521842980
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: May 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Evangelos Karakasis
Evangelos Karakasis is temporary Lecturer of Latin Language and Literature at the University of Ioannina, Greece and the author of several articles on Roman comedy.
Book Synopsis
Examines the language of Terence in the context of Roman comedy as a whole.
Table of Contents
| Pt. I | Linguistic differentiation in Terence | |
| 1 | Colloquialisms | 21 |
| 2 | Archaisms | 44 |
| 3 | Senilis [makrologia] and [perissologia] | 62 |
| 4 | Hellenisms | 83 |
| 5 | Features of elevated language | 90 |
| 6 | Idiolect | 101 |
| 7 | Plautus in Terence : the case of Eunuchus | 121 |
| Pt. II | Linguistic and stylistic unity in Roman comedy | |
| 8 | Terence, Plautus and the palliata | 150 |
| 9 | Terence, Plautus and the togata | 204 |
| 10 | Terence, Plautus and the atellana | 234 |
Subjects
Fiction Books & Literature
Literary Criticism Ancient & Medieval Literature
Fiction Books & Literature Literary Criticism Drama - Literary Criticism
Entertainment Performing Arts Comedy
Foreign Languages Latin Latin language -> Style
Foreign Languages All Foreign Languages Latin Language Reference
Humor Books Comedy Comedy - History & Criticism
Reference Learning Languages Latin Language Reference
Entertainment Humor Books Comedy
Nonfiction Entertainment Performing Arts
Nonfiction Humor Comedy
Nonfiction Reference Learning Languages
Reference Foreign-language Study Aids & Dictionaries Latin
Reference Foreign-language Study Aids & Dictionaries All Foreign Languages
Literary Criticism Ancient & Medieval LiteratureFiction Books & Literature
Literary Criticism Drama - Literary CriticismEntertainment
Performing Arts ComedyForeign Languages
Latin Latin language -> StyleForeign Languages
All Foreign Languages Latin Language ReferenceHumor Books
Comedy Comedy - History & CriticismReference
Learning Languages Latin Language ReferenceEntertainment
Humor Books ComedyNonfiction
Entertainment Performing ArtsNonfiction
Humor ComedyNonfiction
Reference Learning LanguagesReference
Foreign-language Study Aids & Dictionaries LatinReference
Foreign-language Study Aids & Dictionaries All Foreign Languages
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