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Terence and the Language of Roman Comedy

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  • Date Published: January 2008
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521054638

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  • This book offers a comprehensive examination of the language of Roman comedy in general and that of Terence in particular. The study explores Terence's use of language to differentiate his characters and his language in relation to the language of the comic fragments of the palliata, the togata and the atellana. Linguistic categories in the Terentian corpus explored include colloquialisms, archaisms, hellenisms and idiolectal features. Terence is shown to give his old men an old-fashioned and verbose tone, while low characters are represented as using colloquial diction. An examination of Eunuchus' language shows it to be closer to the Plautine linguistic tradition. The book also provides a thorough linguistic/stylistic commentary on all the fragments of the palliata, the togata and the atellana. It shows that Terence, except in the case of his Eunuchus, consciously distances himself from the linguistic/stylistic tradition of Plautus followed by all other comic poets.

    • Explores the linguistic characterization in Terence's works
    • Provides the first commentary in the English language on the comic fragments the fabula palliata, togata and atellana
    • Examines the language of Roman comedy from early Latin to the sixth century AD
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    • Date Published: January 2008
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521054638
    • length: 324 pages
    • dimensions: 215 x 139 x 18 mm
    • weight: 0.426kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Acknowledgements
    Conspectus siglorum
    Introduction
    Part I. Linguistic Differentiation in Terence:
    1. Colloquialisms
    2. Archaisms
    3. Senilis makrologia perissologia
    4. Hellenisms
    5. Features of elevated language
    6. Idiolect
    7. Plautus in Terence: the case of Eunuchus
    Part II. Linguistic and Stylistic Unity in Roman Comedy: Introduction
    8. Terence, Plautus and the palliata
    9. Terence, Plautus and the togata
    10. Terence, Plautus and the atellana
    Bibliography
    Index locorum
    Index nominum et rerum.

  • Author

    Evangelos Karakasis, University of Ioannina, Greece
    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.

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