[PDF] Sophoclean Drama Essays On The Theatrical Use Of Space And Time eBook

Author : Simon Goldhill
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 43,79 MB
Release : 2012-03-05
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0199978824

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Written by one of the best-known interpreters of classical literature today, Sophocles and the Language of Tragedy presents a revolutionary take on the work of this great classical playwright and on how our understanding of tragedy has been shaped by our literary past. Simon Goldhill sheds new light on Sophocles' distinctive brilliance as a dramatist, illuminating such aspects of his work as his manipulation of irony, his construction of dialogue, and his deployment of the actors and the chorus. Goldhill also investigates how nineteenth-century critics like Hegel, Nietzsche, and Wagner developed a specific understanding of tragedy, one that has shaped our current approach to the genre. Finally, Goldhill addresses one of the foundational questions of literary criticism: how historically self-conscious should a reading of Greek tragedy be? The result is an invigorating and exciting new interpretation of the most canonical of Western authors.

Author : Andreas Markantonatos
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 759 pages
File Size : 21,2 MB
Release : 2015-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9004217622

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Brill's Companion to Sophocles offers 32 specially commissioned essays from leading international scholars which give critical examinations of the progress and direction of numerous wide-ranging debates about various aspects of Sophoclean drama. Each chapter offers an authoritative and state-of-the-art survey of current thinking and research in a particular subject area, as well as covering a wide variety of thematic angles. Recent advances in scholarship have raised new questions about Sophocles and Greek tragedy, and have overturned some long-standing assumptions. Besides presenting a comprehensive and authoritative guide to understanding Sophocles, this companion provides scholars and students with compelling fresh perspectives upon a broad range of issues in the field of Sophoclean studies.

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Page : 418 pages
File Size : 48,66 MB
Release : 1847
Category : Drama
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A weekly magazine of thespian biography, original dramatic essays, provincial, continental, American, metropolitan theatricals, a complete record of public amusements, with original portraits of eminent living actors.

Author : Alena Sarkissian
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 25,67 MB
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1443809276

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Classical drama on the modern stage as a cultural and political phenomenon is scholarly trailed since the 1950s and 60s and intensified in the last third of the twentieth century. The evidence is being extensively documented, pioneered by Walton (1987) and McDonald (1992) and subsequently developed by collaborative research projects which include published databases. It is clear from the work of these projects that performance of classical drama is a major feature in all types of theatre – avant-garde and experimental, student, international and fringe, epic and classical, commercial, popular and canonical. This means that it is closely intertwined with the politics of locale, environment and geography as well as of language, translation and culture. Each of the essays has a specialised contribution to make. However, the total impact of the whole section will be even greater than the sum of the parts because the authors not only intersect in their discussions of common concerns in modern performance of ancient drama but also provide case studies that will add to the knowledge base and critical acumen of everyone working in the field.