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OverviewAs prose dramatic texts Plato's dialogues would have been read by their original audience as an alternative type of theatrical composition. The 'paradox' of the dialogue form is explained by his appropriation of the discourse of theatre, the dominant public mode of communication of his time. The oral performance of his works is suggested both by the pragmatics of the publication of literary texts in the classical period and by his original role as a Sokratic dialogue-writer and the creator of a fourth dramatic genre. Support comes from a number of pieces of evidence, from a statue of Sokrates in the Academy (fourth century BC) to a mosaic of Sokrates in Mytilene (fourth century AD), which point to a centuries-old tradition of treating the dialogues in the context of performance literature and testify to the significance of the image of 'Plato the prose dramatist' for his original and subsequent audiences. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nikos G. Charalabopoulos (University of Patras, Greece)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.440kg ISBN: 9781108439411ISBN 10: 1108439411 Pages: 353 Publication Date: 02 November 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationNikos G. Charalabopoulos is Lecturer in the Department of Philology at the University of Patras. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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