In Homer, in the only passage where writing is mentioned, the signs that Preto engraves on a tablet are called θυμοφθόρα (Iliad 6, 169). The purpose of this article is to show what Homer means with this metaphor and which emotions accompany the act of writing and reading in this first testimony of writing in Greek literature. The article concludes with a comparison with the emotional power of words in the novel Greek lesson (2011) by the Korean writer Han Kan.
I segni di Bellerofonte
Fornaro, Maria Sotera
2023
Abstract
In Homer, in the only passage where writing is mentioned, the signs that Preto engraves on a tablet are called θυμοφθόρα (Iliad 6, 169). The purpose of this article is to show what Homer means with this metaphor and which emotions accompany the act of writing and reading in this first testimony of writing in Greek literature. The article concludes with a comparison with the emotional power of words in the novel Greek lesson (2011) by the Korean writer Han Kan.File in questo prodotto:
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