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Boodschappers in de literatuur --- Messagers dans la littérature --- Messengers in literature --- French literature --- -Messengers in literature --- History and criticism --- Messengers in literature. --- History and criticism. --- To 1500

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Comparative literature --- Divine messengers in literature. --- Epic poetry --- Epic poetry. --- Themes, motives. --- History and criticism.

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German literature --- Messengers in literature --- Letters in literature --- History and criticism --- Congresses. --- -Letters in literature --- -Messengers in literature --- -Letters as a theme in literature --- Congresses --- -Congresses --- Letters as a theme in literature --- History and criticism&delete& --- Imaginary conversations --- Literature [Medieval ] --- German literature - Middle High German, 1050-1500 - History and criticism - Congresses. --- Messengers in literature - Congresses. --- Letters in literature - Congresses.

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The messenger who reports important action that has occurred offstage is a familiar inhabitant of Greek tragedy. A messenger informs us about the death of Jocasta and the blinding of Oedipus, the madness of Heracles, the slaughter of Aigisthos, and the death of Hippolytus, among other important events. Despite its prevalence, this conventional figure remains only little understood. Combining several critical approaches-narrative theory, genre study, and rhetorical analysis-this lucid study develops a synthetic view of the messenger of Greek tragedy, showing how this role illuminates some of the genre's most persistent concerns, especially those relating to language, knowledge, and the workings of tragic theater itself. James Barrett gives close readings of several plays including Aeschylus's Persians, Sophocles' Electra and Oedipus Tyrannus, and Euripides' Bacchae and Rhesos. He traces the literary ancestry of the tragic messenger, showing that the messenger's narrative constitutes an unexplored site of engagement with Homeric epic, and that the role illuminates fifth-century b.c. experimentation with modes of speech. Breaking new ground in the study of Athenian tragedy, Barrett deepens our understanding of many central texts and of a form of theater that highlights the fragility and limits of human knowledge, a theme explored by its use of the messenger.

Greek drama (Tragedy) --- Messengers in literature. --- Narration (Rhetoric) --- Rhetoric, Ancient. --- History and criticism. --- History --- -Messengers in literature --- Rhetoric, Ancient --- Classical languages --- Greek language --- Greek rhetoric --- Latin language --- Latin rhetoric --- Narrative (Rhetoric) --- Narrative writing --- Rhetoric --- Discourse analysis, Narrative --- Narratees (Rhetoric) --- History and criticism --- Tragédie grecque --- Messagers dans la littérature --- Narration --- Rhétorique ancienne --- Histoire et critique --- Ancient rhetoric --- Messengers in literature --- achilles. --- aeschylus. --- ancient greece. --- ancient world. --- arete. --- athenian tragedy. --- bacchae. --- classicism. --- drama. --- electra. --- epic. --- epistemology. --- euripides. --- genre study. --- gods and goddesses. --- greek tragedy. --- hellenism. --- homer. --- homeric epic. --- hubris. --- human knowledge. --- literary ancestry. --- literary criticism. --- literature. --- messenger. --- mythology. --- narrative poetics. --- narrative theory. --- nonfiction. --- oedipus rex. --- oedipus tyrannus. --- oedipus. --- performing arts. --- persians. --- poetry. --- rhesos. --- rhetoric. --- rhetorical analysis. --- sophocles. --- theater. --- tragedy. --- tragic messenger.

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This book, consisting of three self-contained studies, deals with the Euripidean messenger-speech. The first study concerns the form of the messenger-speech, which is that of a first-person narrative, and the consequences of this form. The second study analyses the messenger's style of presentation. In the third study the place and function of the messenger-speech within the play is discussed. Although scholars have dealt with the messenger-speech before, there is no single, up-to-date work of reference available. The present study aims at filling this void, while making use of analytical tools deriving from narratology and drama-theory. Eight appendices are added, which provide the reader with complete lists of phenomena discussed in the main text. Often considered transparent and self-explanatory, the messenger-speeches are now shown to be both complex and subtle texts.

Drama --- Euripides --- Messengers in literature --- Speech in literature --- Narration (Rhetoric) --- Rhetoric, Ancient --- Greek drama (Tragedy) --- Messagers dans la littérature --- Parole dans la littérature --- Narration --- Rhétorique ancienne --- Tragédie grecque --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Characters --- Messengers. --- Mythology, Greek, in literature. --- Messengers in literature. --- Speech in literature. --- Rhetoric, Ancient. --- Tragedy. --- History --- 875 EURIPIDES --- Mythology, Greek, in literature --- Tragedy --- Classical languages --- Greek language --- Greek rhetoric --- Latin language --- Latin rhetoric --- Narrative (Rhetoric) --- Narrative writing --- Rhetoric --- Discourse analysis, Narrative --- Narratees (Rhetoric) --- Griekse literatuur--EURIPIDES --- -Characters --- -Messengers --- 875 EURIPIDES Griekse literatuur--EURIPIDES --- -Euripides --- Euripide --- Messagers dans la littérature --- Parole dans la littérature --- Rhétorique ancienne --- Tragédie grecque --- History and criticism. --- Ancient rhetoric --- Ėvripid --- Yūrībīdīs --- Euripedes --- Eŭripido --- Eurypides --- Euripidesu --- אוריפידס --- エウリーピデース --- Εὐριπίδης --- Messengers as literary characters --- Euripides. --- To 1500