Achilles Tatius and the Failures of Ekphrasis

Document type :
Autre communication scientifique (congrès sans actes - poster - séminaire...): Communication dans un congrès avec actes: Conférence invitée
Title :
Achilles Tatius and the Failures of Ekphrasis
Author(s) :
Webb, Ruth [Auteur] refId
Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]
Conference title :
Musa Inversa in Greco-Roman Antiquity : responses to criticism in literature and literary design in critical works
Conference organizers(s) :
Jonas Grethlein and Thomas Kuhn-Treichel
City :
Heidelberg
Country :
Allemagne
Start date of the conference :
2023-09
English keyword(s) :
Classics, Greek Novel, Achilles Tatius, Ekphrasis, Progymnasmata
English abstract : [en]
This paper considers some examples of text book ekphrasis in Achilles Tatius suggesting that the author has deliberately composed them as problematic pieces that fail to achieve the defining effect of ekphrasis, to "bring ...
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Language :
Anglais
Peer reviewed article :
Non
Audience :
Internationale
Popular science :
Non
Collections :
Source :
Harvested from HAL