Speech and thought in Latin war narratives : words of warriors / by Suzanne M. Adema.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Speech and Thought in Latin War Narratives; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Speech and Thought Representation in Latin War Narrative; 1.1 Approaches to Forms and Functions of Speech and Thought Representation; 1.2 Approach and Outline of This Book; Linguistic Forms of Speech and Thought Representation in Latin Narrative; 2.1 Medium; 2.2 Syntactic Embedding; 2.3 Linguistic Choices and Deictic Centres in Indirect and Other Non-Direct Discourse; 2.4 Conclusion: A Scale Model of Non-Direct Speech and Thought Representation?

Narrative Techniques and Representations of Speech and Thought3.1 Pace; 3.2 Order: Analepsis, Prolepsis and Seeds; 3.3 Space; 3.4 Characterization; 3.5 Explanation of Actions; 3.6 'What It's Like' for Characters (and Narratees); 3.7 Primary Narrative Presented by Secondary Narrators; 3.8 Conclusion; Caesar, Bellum Gallicum 1 and 7; 4.1 Overview of Representations of Speech and Thought; 4.2 Close Reading of Speech and Thought Representations in Bellum Gallicum 1; 4.3 Close Reading of Speech and Thought Representations in Bellum Gallicum 7.

4.4 Conclusion: Speech and Thought in Caesar's Bellum Gallicum4.5 Appendices; Vergil, Aeneid 11 and 12; 5.1 Overview of Representations of Speech and Thought; 5.2 Close Reading of Speech and Thought Representations in Aeneid, 11; 5.3 Close Reading of Speech and Thought Representations in Aeneid, 12; 5.4 Conclusion: Speech and Thought in Vergil's Aeneid; 5.5 Appendices; Conclusion; 6.1 Forms of Speech and Thought Representations in Latin War Narratives; 6.2 Free Indirect Discourse in Latin War Narratives; 6.3 Functions of Speech and Thought Representation in Latin War Narratives.

6.4 War as Something You Can Plan in Caesar's Bellum Gallicum6.5 The Horrors of War as One of the Attitudes towards War in Vergil's Aeneid; 6.6 Words of Warriors in Latin War Narratives; Bibliography; Index Locorum; Index Rerum.

In 'Speech and Thought in Latin War Narratives', Suzanne Adema offers linguistic and narratological tools to analyse and interpret narratorial choices in speech and thought representation in Latin narratives. Her approach combines insights from (cognitive) linguistic and narratological theories and has been tested and adjusted through corpus based research (Caesar, Vergil, Sallust). 0The approach is a useful tool to unveil rhetorical uses of speech and thought representation in Latin war narrative by means of close readings of Caesar?s 'Bellum Gallicum' 1 and 7, and Vergil?s 'Aeneid' 11 and 12. Focusing on the attitudes of the narrators towards war, Adema provides new insights into these texts and offers linguistic and narratological contributions to literary and historical discussions about the 'Bellum Gallicum' and the 'Aeneid'.

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