Emlyn-Jones, Chris
(2004).
The dramatic poet and his audience: Agathon and Socrates in Plato's "Symposium".
Hermes: Zeitschrift für klassische philologie, 132(4),
pp. 389–405.
Abstract
The conduct of the poet Agathon in Plato's dialogue 'Symposium' is ironically observed by Plato as an indication of his failure to understand the true nature of his dramatic calling. The speeches and audience reaction of the other mmebers of the party are also ironically underlined as ignorant, in contrast to Socrates, of what the true nature of drama is.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| ISSN: |
0018-0777 |
| Keywords: |
drama; theatre; irony, humour; characterisation; knowledge; ignorance |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Arts > Classical Studies |
| Item ID: |
3746 |
| Depositing User: |
Chris Emlyn-Jones
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| Date Deposited: |
29 Jun 2006 |
| Last Modified: |
02 Dec 2010 19:50 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/3746 |
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