The occasional contextual appropriateness of formulaic diction in the Homeric poems.
Exposes a fundamental flaw in Milman Parry's argument on Homer's contextual appropriateness and justifies practice of treating some epithets appropriate to context. Objections to Parry's analysis; Claim that one poet could use some formulas more or less frequently than another poet runs counter to...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Philology Vol. 115; no. 3; pp. 321 - 336 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Fall94
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| Sumario: | Exposes a fundamental flaw in Milman Parry's argument on Homer's contextual appropriateness and justifies practice of treating some epithets appropriate to context. Objections to Parry's analysis; Claim that one poet could use some formulas more or less frequently than another poet runs counter to the impression Parry gives. |
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