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Socrates as character, Socrates as narrator
Abstract
In this paper we tackle Plato’s Dialogues from a theatrical and philosophical point of view. We question in this manner the relationship between dialogue – as writing form- and representation – as notion meaning, in a literary work, “to make present”. Starting from the contradiction between theory and use of mimesis in Plato, we analyze the different situations of enunciation of each dialogue, and the different roles played in within by Socrates, in particular as character and as narrator. We end up in a link between both terms that points out the common presence in dialogue and representation of intermediary elements, through which the reader reaches the work. Keywords: dialoguel; representation; Plato; Socrates character; narrator; mimesis
Abstract
In this paper we tackle Plato’s Dialogues from a theatrical and philosophical point of view. We question in this manner the relationship between dialogue – as writing form- and representation – as notion meaning, in a literary work, “to make present”. Starting from the contradiction between theory and use of mimesis in Plato, we analyze the different situations of enunciation of each dialogue, and the different roles played in within by Socrates, in particular as character and as narrator. We end up in a link between both terms that points out the common presence in dialogue and representation of intermediary elements, through which the reader reaches the work. Keywords: dialoguel; representation; Plato; Socrates character; narrator; mimesis
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction ix
- Dialogue 1
- Towards an inclusive notion of dialog for ethical and moral purposes 17
- Dogmatic dialogue 37
- Representing gender in parliamentary dialogue 59
- Dialogue as a truth-conveying discursive strategy 83
- Democracy and web-based dialogue 99
- The metadiscourse of “voice” 125
- Representation, re-presentation, presentation, and conversation 143
- On the representation of a dialogue with God 161
- Where is dialogue in classroom discussion? 177
- Dialogue entries and exits 195
- Contribution-Representation-Subordination as conversational patterns 215
- On the possibility of rhetoric as a dialogical guide for practical reason(ing) 237
- The role of the moving image in the representation of a sensible dialogue between users and space 257
- Dialogue as a possibility for knowledge in organizations 271
- Socrates as character, Socrates as narrator 289
- Evidential information represented in dialogue 303
- Dialogues between two pupils during the process of writing a fictional story 325
- Author Index 343
- Subject Index 345
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction ix
- Dialogue 1
- Towards an inclusive notion of dialog for ethical and moral purposes 17
- Dogmatic dialogue 37
- Representing gender in parliamentary dialogue 59
- Dialogue as a truth-conveying discursive strategy 83
- Democracy and web-based dialogue 99
- The metadiscourse of “voice” 125
- Representation, re-presentation, presentation, and conversation 143
- On the representation of a dialogue with God 161
- Where is dialogue in classroom discussion? 177
- Dialogue entries and exits 195
- Contribution-Representation-Subordination as conversational patterns 215
- On the possibility of rhetoric as a dialogical guide for practical reason(ing) 237
- The role of the moving image in the representation of a sensible dialogue between users and space 257
- Dialogue as a possibility for knowledge in organizations 271
- Socrates as character, Socrates as narrator 289
- Evidential information represented in dialogue 303
- Dialogues between two pupils during the process of writing a fictional story 325
- Author Index 343
- Subject Index 345
