Sardonic smile

Sardonic smile: nonverbal behavior in Homeric epic

by Lateiner, Donald

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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 instrum…

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  • Full title :Sardonic smile : nonverbal behavior in Homeric epic / Donald Lateiner.

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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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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©1995.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xxi, 340 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0472105981, 9780472105984, 0472084909, 9780472084906
  • oclc:ocm32013052
  • LC Classification:PA4037
  • Dewey Decimal:883/.01

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.

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Subjects

Body language in literature Communication non verbale (Psychologie)… Comportement humain dans la littérature Criticism, interpretation, etc Epic poetry, Greek Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criti… Épopées grecques Erzähltechnik Forchenbrunn, Herwerd von Homer Homère Homerus Human behavior in literature Interaction sociale dans la littérature Langage du corps dans la littérature Nichtverbale Kommunikation non-verbale communicatie Poésie -- Aspect psychologique Poésie épique grecque -- Histoire et cr… Poetry -- Psychological aspects

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Lateiner, Donald

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