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EKPHRASIS IN LITERARY ENGLISH DISCOURSE

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Y. V. Dubrovska-Tomchenko
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Ekphrasis as a shield: ekphrasis and the mimetic tradition

Word & Image, 2006
Abstract In his preface to a special issue dedicated to ekphrasis, Mario Klarer observes that this term has gained wider currency in recent years due to the increasing number of writings that 'focus on ekphrasis as a phenomenon in interart studies.'1 Authors like Murray Krieger, James Haffernan, John Hollander, and W. J. T.
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Ekphrasis

2020
This chapter examines the literary technique of ekphrasis, defining it in terms of its intended effect on the audience: the vivid representation of an image to the mind’s eye, so as to evoke an emotional or other response. Ekphrasis makes an object appear present to an audience; it can be rich in detail or deftly brief.
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Ekphrasis

2019
Ekphrasis is a Greek term whose etymological meaning is “to speak out” or “to show in full.” Debates on ekphrasis go back to classical antiquity and Homer’s lines on Hephaestos making Achilles’ shield in Book 18 of the epic The Iliad (8th century bce).
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Ekphrasis in the Age of Cervantes

Hispania, 2006
Among the many ancient techniques that shift or become problematized during the Renaissance and the Baroque periods, this volume focuses on one in particular, that of ekphrasis. It is through the lens of experimentation with the technique of ekphrasis that we can view Cervantes' texts.
De Armas, Frederick Alfred
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Ekphrasis and Decision

2020
This chapter shows how the technique of ekphrasis is used to provoke active responses in the audience: discernment, judgment, and decision. It begins with a series of passages from Plato’s Republic, in which the author invites his audience to gaze on corpses with a series of characters: Leontius, Gyges’ ancestor, and Er.
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