Sentence Structure and Characterization in the Tragedies of Jean Racine: A Computer-assisted StudySentence structure in Racine is demonstrated to be a powerful tool for characterization, and here, basic features are explored in the seven tragedies of Racine--terminal punctuation, sentence length, sentence type, use of questions and the conditional, and rapid-fire exchanges between characters. |
Contents
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Andromaque Distribution of Basic Sentence Characteristics | 36 |
Britannicus and Bérénice | 54 |
Bajazet and Mithridate | 77 |
Iphigénie | 103 |
Phédre | 115 |
Comparative Sentence Structure The Other Racinian Plays | 133 |
Sentence Structure and Versification | 140 |
Conclusion | 157 |
The ComputerReadable Texts | 167 |
The Computer Programs | 169 |
Tables | 195 |
Bibliography | 204 |
Index | 209 |
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Achille Acomat act to act Agamemnon Agrippine Alexandre alexandrin Andromaque Antiochus assumptions about tragedy Atalide Athalie average Bajazet basic Britannicus chapter characterization characters Clytemnestre conditional sentences confidants Corneille's d'Aubignac DATA declarative sentences denouement discussion distich distribution dramatic Elder Olson emotional enfin Ériphile Esther expression features of sentence filler final frequent function Hélas hemistich Hermione inferences internal exclamations internal questions Iphigénie Iphigénie's Jean Racine Junie language mean sentence length metrical compensation Mithridate Monime monologue monostich Néron NULL occur OEnone Olson Oreste patterns Pharnace Phèdre et Hippolyte Pierre Corneille Plaideurs play playwrights Pyrrhus Racine's Racine's tragedies Racinian tragedy récit regular sentences repetition reveal Roxane scene Seigneur sentence structure sentence type significant specific SPITBOL STATISTICS subordination subroutine SYLCT syllables per sentence terminal punctuation theater Thébaïde Thésée tion tirade Tite et Bérénice title vocatives Titus tout type A sentences violent whole hemistichs word Xipharès