In Speech and Thought in Latin War Narratives Suzanne Adema presents linguistic and narratological tools to analyse and interpret speech and thought representations in Latin narratives. Close readings show how speech and thought representations convey attitudes towards war in works of Caesar and Vergil.
Author(s): Suzanne M. Adema
Series: Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology, 24
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2017
Language: English
Pages: 426
City: Leiden
Speech and Thought in Latin War Narratives
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
Speech and Thought Representation in Latin War Narrative
1.1 Approaches to Forms and Functions of Speech and Thought Representation
1.2 Approach and Outline of This Book
Linguistic Forms of Speech and Thought Representation in Latin Narrative
2.1 Medium
2.2 Syntactic Embedding
2.3 Linguistic Choices and Deictic Centres in Indirect and Other Non-Direct Discourse
2.4 Conclusion: A Scale Model of Non-Direct Speech and Thought Representation?
Narrative Techniques and Representations of Speech and Thought
3.1 Pace
3.2 Order: Analepsis, Prolepsis and Seeds
3.3 Space
3.4 Characterization
3.5 Explanation of Actions
3.6 ‘What It’s Like’ for Characters (and Narratees)
3.7 Primary Narrative Presented by Secondary Narrators
3.8 Conclusion
Caesar, Bellum Gallicum 1 and 7
4.1 Overview of Representations of Speech and Thought
4.2 Close Reading of Speech and Thought Representations in Bellum Gallicum 1
4.3 Close Reading of Speech and Thought Representations in Bellum Gallicum 7
4.4 Conclusion: Speech and Thought in Caesar's Bellum Gallicum
4.5 Appendices
Vergil, Aeneid 11 and 12
5.1 Overview of Representations of Speech and Thought
5.2 Close Reading of Speech and Thought Representations in Aeneid, 11
5.3 Close Reading of Speech and Thought Representations in Aeneid, 12
5.4 Conclusion: Speech and Thought in Vergil's Aeneid
5.5 Appendices
Conclusion
6.1 Forms of Speech and Thought Representations in Latin War Narratives
6.2 Free Indirect Discourse in Latin War Narratives
6.3 Functions of Speech and Thought Representation in Latin War Narratives
6.4 War as Something You Can Plan in Caesar’s Bellum Gallicum
6.5 The Horrors of War as One of the Attitudes towards War in Vergil’s Aeneid
6.6 Words of Warriors in Latin War Narratives
Bibliography
Index Locorum
Index Rerum
