This chapter shows that Homeric language includes several discourse markers. It presents the noti... more This chapter shows that Homeric language includes several discourse markers. It presents the notion of discourse markers to the idea of Homeric poetry as discourse. The extensive role of memory in Homeric performances ranges from the ultimate source of the matter that is going to be told to the cognitive scripts that guide the performer as he unfolds the narrative sequence of events. The chapter summarizes different aspects of Homeric reception that better introduces the central thesis, in which the narrative function of some Homeric discourse markers corresponds to a visual function as well. The analysis presented in the chapter leads to more general considerations regarding Homeric diction and Homeric discourse. The so-called Homeric particles arguably work at the pragmatic level of communication. Finally, the chapter considers that the memory constraints in visualization and the "cinema in the mind". Keywords: cognitive scripts; Homeric discourse markers; Homeric language; spatial memory; visualization
Nostos is first considered as a poetic genre. In the epic tradition and within the Homeric poems,... more Nostos is first considered as a poetic genre. In the epic tradition and within the Homeric poems, it typically designates the song about the sea travels of Greek heroes home from Troy. The identification of some extra-Homeric narrative motifs leads the author to explore the uses of nostos and of etymologically related words (such as nostimos, nosteō, and neomai). The textual analysis highlights homeward as well as non-homeward, sea-oriented and non-sea-oriented meanings. The underlying concept is that of "surviving lethal dangers." Evidence of the semantic range in question comes from Homer as well as from other poetic texts.
... Folksong, Italian Alps, early twentieth ... For some scholars it is anaphoric (with Peleus an... more ... Folksong, Italian Alps, early twentieth ... For some scholars it is anaphoric (with Peleus and Telamon as referents), for some cataphoric (with Peleus and Thetis as referents), and for others, the referents are, as in a vision, completely outside the odethat is, Cadmus and Harmonia ...
The article explores cross-modal iconic relations in nine diverse Western-music songs ranging fro... more The article explores cross-modal iconic relations in nine diverse Western-music songs ranging from 1600 to 2015, all of them thematizing dysphoric weeping. Initial input comes from five recurrent features observed in ancient Greek texts associated with performative events, including the prominence of sound, interjections and strong self-referentiality, repetitions and refrains, the motif of endlessness, and tears associated with streams of water, dew, and libation liquids. The analysis adopts Peirce’s conceptual distinction between image, diagram, and metaphor iconicity, although the continuum reading proposed by several scholars is ultimately favored. The sample turns out to offer plenty of evidence of iconic relations. Interjections, falsetto, verbal repetitions, musical repetitions, musical rendering of sighs and endlessness, ostinato patterns, downward notes, and water images (rain and rivers), all of this is shown to substantiate cross-modal iconicity encompassing weeping, lyri...
Orality, Literacy, Memory in the Ancient Greek and Roman World, 2008
... 8 pp. Imprint: BRILL. Language ... Contributors include: Geoffrey Bakewell, Egbert Bakker, Ha... more ... 8 pp. Imprint: BRILL. Language ... Contributors include: Geoffrey Bakewell, Egbert Bakker, Han Baltussen, Anna Bonifazi, Edwin Carawan, Thomas Hubbard, André Lardinois, Elizabeth Minchin,Alexandra Pappas, Ruth Scodel, Niall Slater, and Jocelyn Penny Small. Readership. ...
This chapter shows that Homeric language includes several discourse markers. It presents the noti... more This chapter shows that Homeric language includes several discourse markers. It presents the notion of discourse markers to the idea of Homeric poetry as discourse. The extensive role of memory in Homeric performances ranges from the ultimate source of the matter that is going to be told to the cognitive scripts that guide the performer as he unfolds the narrative sequence of events. The chapter summarizes different aspects of Homeric reception that better introduces the central thesis, in which the narrative function of some Homeric discourse markers corresponds to a visual function as well. The analysis presented in the chapter leads to more general considerations regarding Homeric diction and Homeric discourse. The so-called Homeric particles arguably work at the pragmatic level of communication. Finally, the chapter considers that the memory constraints in visualization and the "cinema in the mind". Keywords: cognitive scripts; Homeric discourse markers; Homeric language; spatial memory; visualization
Nostos is first considered as a poetic genre. In the epic tradition and within the Homeric poems,... more Nostos is first considered as a poetic genre. In the epic tradition and within the Homeric poems, it typically designates the song about the sea travels of Greek heroes home from Troy. The identification of some extra-Homeric narrative motifs leads the author to explore the uses of nostos and of etymologically related words (such as nostimos, nosteō, and neomai). The textual analysis highlights homeward as well as non-homeward, sea-oriented and non-sea-oriented meanings. The underlying concept is that of "surviving lethal dangers." Evidence of the semantic range in question comes from Homer as well as from other poetic texts.
... Folksong, Italian Alps, early twentieth ... For some scholars it is anaphoric (with Peleus an... more ... Folksong, Italian Alps, early twentieth ... For some scholars it is anaphoric (with Peleus and Telamon as referents), for some cataphoric (with Peleus and Thetis as referents), and for others, the referents are, as in a vision, completely outside the odethat is, Cadmus and Harmonia ...
The article explores cross-modal iconic relations in nine diverse Western-music songs ranging fro... more The article explores cross-modal iconic relations in nine diverse Western-music songs ranging from 1600 to 2015, all of them thematizing dysphoric weeping. Initial input comes from five recurrent features observed in ancient Greek texts associated with performative events, including the prominence of sound, interjections and strong self-referentiality, repetitions and refrains, the motif of endlessness, and tears associated with streams of water, dew, and libation liquids. The analysis adopts Peirce’s conceptual distinction between image, diagram, and metaphor iconicity, although the continuum reading proposed by several scholars is ultimately favored. The sample turns out to offer plenty of evidence of iconic relations. Interjections, falsetto, verbal repetitions, musical repetitions, musical rendering of sighs and endlessness, ostinato patterns, downward notes, and water images (rain and rivers), all of this is shown to substantiate cross-modal iconicity encompassing weeping, lyri...
Orality, Literacy, Memory in the Ancient Greek and Roman World, 2008
... 8 pp. Imprint: BRILL. Language ... Contributors include: Geoffrey Bakewell, Egbert Bakker, Ha... more ... 8 pp. Imprint: BRILL. Language ... Contributors include: Geoffrey Bakewell, Egbert Bakker, Han Baltussen, Anna Bonifazi, Edwin Carawan, Thomas Hubbard, André Lardinois, Elizabeth Minchin,Alexandra Pappas, Ruth Scodel, Niall Slater, and Jocelyn Penny Small. Readership. ...
Bonifazi, A. 2020. How To Do Things with (e)keinos and autos in Tragedy: Initial Suggestions. In ... more Bonifazi, A. 2020. How To Do Things with (e)keinos and autos in Tragedy: Initial Suggestions. In Pragmatic Approaches to Drama. Studies in Communication on the Ancient Stage, G. Martin, F. Iurescia, S. Hof, and G. Sorrentino eds., 19-42. Leiden and Boston: Brill.
Research Seminar Series. Ancient Myths in Modern Art:
Comparative Perspectives on Micro and Macro... more Research Seminar Series. Ancient Myths in Modern Art: Comparative Perspectives on Micro and Macro Structures
Ancient myths are omnipresent in 20th and 21st century literature and art. In this colloquium scholars from comparative literature and linguistics as well as from related disciplines will present their research on the subject. Both myths in ancient cultures and the history of their reception in the arts will be addressed. In addition to the detailed analysis of individual myths (e.g. the hero's return home), the comparative examination of mythical figures and their reception (e.g. Orpheus) as well as the macrostructural view of Indo-European mythology will be discussed. Students can take this opportunity to present and discuss their own research projects within the (broad) framework of myth reception.
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Comparative Perspectives on Micro and Macro Structures
Ancient myths are omnipresent in 20th and 21st century literature and art. In this colloquium scholars from comparative literature and linguistics as well as from related disciplines will present their research on the subject. Both myths in ancient cultures and the history of their reception in the arts will be addressed. In addition to the detailed analysis of individual myths (e.g. the hero's return home), the comparative examination of mythical figures and their reception (e.g. Orpheus) as well as the macrostructural view of Indo-European mythology will be discussed. Students can take this opportunity to present and discuss their own research projects within the (broad) framework of myth reception.