Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

экфрасис

English translation:

ekphrasis

Added to glossary by Roman Bouchev
Oct 24, 2006 00:30
17 yrs ago
Russian term

экфрасис

Russian to English Art/Literary Linguistics figures of written speech
Есть ли в среде специалистов термин для этого явления в переводе? Может есть ссылки на английском? Пока не могу найти? Любопытство просто раздирает на части.
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ekphrasis

However, ekphrasis has its origins much earlier -- as far back as the Classical era. The term is found in Aphthonius's Progymnasmata, an early textbook on ...
web.ics.purdue.edu/~clark9/ekphrasis/definition.htm

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An Ekphrasis is a poem written about another form of art. ... Either way, there is a visual basis to the Ekphrasis that is enhanced by the things that only ...
www.english.ilstu.edu/students/ckerick/Repurposing/ekphrasi...
Peer comment(s):

agree Petja Mladenova : Another Greek term - έκφρασις
4 mins
agree Jack Doughty
1 hr
agree Vlad Pogosyan
6 hrs
agree Olga B
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