Stanzaic Syntax in the Madrashe of Ephrem the Syrian

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-30490-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 22, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 558 g

Reihe: Monographs of the Peshitta Institute

In Stanzaic Syntax in the Madrashe of Ephrem the Syrian, which focuses on madrašê V and VI in the Paradise cycle, Paul S. Stevenson looks at Ephrem’s poetic art from the point of view of a linguist. This study goes beyond the traditional levels of analysis, the clause and the sentence, and examines the structure of whole stanzas as units. The result is a surprisingly rich tapestry of syntactic patterning, which can justly be considered the key to Ephrem’s prosody. The driving force behind Ephrem’s poetry turns out not to be meter or sound play, but a variety of syntactic templates, which include even vertical patterning of constituents.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stevenson, Paul S

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literaturen des Alten Orients

Über Autor(innen)

Paul S. Stevenson, Ph.D. (2013), Catholic University of America, is an independent researcher. He brings to Syriac studies a broad background in general linguistics as well as research on Mayan languages and extensive experience in Spanish translation. He has published articles on Syriac verbal semantics.