How Long to Read The Fractured Voice

How Long Does it Take to Read The Fractured Voice?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 55 minutes to read The Fractured Voice by Amy A. Koenig

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Imperial Rome privileged the elite male citizen as one of sound mind and body, superior in all ways to women, noncitizens, and nonhumans. One of the markers of his superiority was the power of his voice, both literal (in terms of oratory and the legal capacity to represent himself and others) and metaphoric, as in the political power of having a "voice" in the public sphere. Muteness in ancient Roman society has thus long been understood as a deficiency, both physically and socially. In this volume, Amy Koenig deftly confronts the trope of muteness in Imperial Roman literature, arguing that this understanding of silence is incomplete. By unpacking the motif of voicelessness across a wide range of written sources, she shows that the Roman perception of silence was more complicated than a simple binary and that elite male authors used muted or voiceless characters to interrogate the concept of voicelessness in ways that would be taboo in other contexts. Paradoxically, Koenig illustrates that silence could in fact be freeing--that the loss of voice permits an untethering from other social norms and expectations, thus allowing a freedom of expression denied to many of the voiced.

How long is The Fractured Voice?

The Fractured Voice by Amy A. Koenig is 228 pages long, and a total of 58,824 words.

This makes it 77% the length of the average book. It also has 72% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Fractured Voice Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 21 minutes to read The Fractured Voice aloud.

What Reading Level is The Fractured Voice?

The Fractured Voice is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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