The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant, a narrative centered on the power of discourse, remarkably mentions silence in numerous and plot-significant passages, providing it with several different connotations. Alluding, each time, to indifference, repression, even death; or, conversely, to justice and proper behavior, the weight of such a term in a text hinged on the concept of maat is not fortuitous – silence and its value being one of the recurring themes in wisdom literature. By directly comparing these instances from the Tale and matching excerpts from the Teachings and other contemporaneous narratives, it is possible to bring out a composite pattern of references and considerations concerning the value of silence and the problems of communication.
Silence in the 'Tale of the Eloquent Peasant': themes and problems / CARIDDI, ILARIA. - STAMPA. - 19:(2017), pp. 87-91. (Intervento presentato al convegno XI International Congress of Egyptologists tenutosi a Firenze nel 23-30 August 2015).
Silence in the 'Tale of the Eloquent Peasant': themes and problems
CARIDDI, ILARIA
2017
Abstract
The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant, a narrative centered on the power of discourse, remarkably mentions silence in numerous and plot-significant passages, providing it with several different connotations. Alluding, each time, to indifference, repression, even death; or, conversely, to justice and proper behavior, the weight of such a term in a text hinged on the concept of maat is not fortuitous – silence and its value being one of the recurring themes in wisdom literature. By directly comparing these instances from the Tale and matching excerpts from the Teachings and other contemporaneous narratives, it is possible to bring out a composite pattern of references and considerations concerning the value of silence and the problems of communication.I documenti in FLORE sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.