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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Greek Tragedy"”.
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Patterns of Exile in Greek Tragedy
The argument that underlies the present study is that exile, defined as the exclusion from the social, religious and political life in the polis, constitutes in the tragic plays an exploration of civic identity by means of its opposite, reinforcing its importance through its very antithesis. This …
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Using and abusing children in Greek tragedy
Vulnerable children are crucial in Greek tragedy and to the philosophy of suffering that it explores. They attract high levels of emotional concern that spill over from the human arena into the divine. As a means of exposing the presence or absence of the power and influence of the gods, children …
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Ancient Greek Tragedy: a study on the nature of Dystopianism
This thesis concerns dystopianism on the Athenian Tragic stage in the fifth century BC. It reconsiders Zeitlin's view that Thebes was the mirror image of Athens and instead argues Argos represents the anti-Athens. It also explore how Thebes and Argos were portrayed, arguing that although both were …
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Constellations of suffering: historical trauma in the theatrical adaptation of Greek tragedy
… of adapting the familiar narratives of ancient Greek tragedy creates opportunities for modern playwrights seeking to represent the horrific realities of historical, community-based traumas that are typically understood as unrepresentable within our culture. An in-depth analysis of three late …
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The mediation in late twentieth-century English theatres of selected ancient Greek tragedy texts and themes concerned with women and power
This thesis posits a dialogue between ancient Greek and modern English theatres and gives evidence of this dialogue by relating Merent aspects of modem theatre to the recent performance reception in England of specific Greek texts or images which are concerned with women possessed of or by some …
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Doze horas restantes: neotragédia grega e autoficção no hip hop de Atheatos
… Sakellariou, also known as Atheatos, is a former Greek basketball player and rapper who, in 2016, released the album Twelve Hours Left. The album, characterized as a concept album, as it uses recurring linguistic and musical elements that give it unity as a whole, focuses on the story of its …
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An Epic of Tragic Proportions: [In]forming the Politics of Statius’ Thebaid through Greek Tragic Intertext
… attention to this text. I argue, however, that Greek tragedy equally plays an integral role in our reading and understanding of the Thebaid. Statius’ relationship with Greek tragedy in his epic is pronounced, ubiquitous, and intentional throughout the Thebaid and it is no less prevalent and …
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Threads of influence: Greek tragedy and its relevance to the contemporary novel, with specific reference to Donna Tartt's 'The secret history', and my novel, 'The first seven years'
… how it has been influenced by the Golden Age of Greek tragedy. It comprises of three parts: the thesis and the novel, hereby presented, and the journal of creative experiences, which was observed at viva. My thesis examines the historical development of Greek tragedy and its structure. It further …
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Nietzsche and classical greek philosophy: Essays on Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Heraclitus
… methods, (2) ethics, (3) free will, and (4) Greek tragedy. Despite Nietzsche’s attack on Aristotle for misunderstanding the nature of Greek tragedy, I show that Nietzsche owes multiple debts of gratitude for what he seemingly gleaned from the Macedonian philosopher. Finally, in Chapter IV, …
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Knowing More Than the Hero: An Exploration of Nathan Gabriel's 2011 Production of A View from the Bridge
… play followed Aristotle's ideal for a classic Greek tragedy and compares this ideal with Miller's conviction that a true tragedy should not only be sad but should also teach its audience how to better live their lives. He also defends his choice to keep the true sexuality of Rodolpho ambiguous …
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Beauty of Form and Concept: The Aesthetics of Late Euripidean Tragedy
… some of the most controversial works in the Greek tragic corpus. This thesis explores their aesthetics – that is, stylistic features of language, characterisation, and concept, together with the impact these might be expected to have on an audience. Each of the first three chapters treats one …
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Ancient Greek Maenads: Comparing Mythological Worshippers of Dionysos to Reality
… incorporated historical elements. The ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides examines the introduction of a new deity, Dionysos, to the well-established religion of the ancient Greek world. In this world, Dionysos leads and commands a group of female devotees—the maenads. These women make up both …
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Choral Authoritativeness in Sophocles
The ‘authority’ of the chorus in Greek tragedy has been a matter of discussion for a very long time. The word authority, however, has two distinct meanings: it can refer to the status of the chorus within the dramatic world and to the truthfulness or reliability of the choral discourse. To avoid …
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From Plato’s cave to tragic truth : a theoric journey between theatre and the visual arts
… of visual art. Through referencing the ancient Greek cultural practice of theoria that was appropriated by Plato, as well as Heidegger’s alternative concept of truth as aletheia (unconcealment) and his theorising of the festival, I examine the possibility of a re-instigation of a theoric festive …
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L'intertextualité comme procédé dramaturgique dans Hécube et Les Troyennes d'Euripide
… of “intertextuality” in the field of ancient Greek literature, and more specifically Greek theatre, the two dramas are each studied in depth. Chapters I to IV are concerned with the stasima of these plays and raise the question of the specific manner in which intertextuality is inscribed in …
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Concepts of (Un)dressing in Greek Drama
… scholarly interest in the performance aspects of Greek drama. This has entailed, in particular, a shift away from enquiries into the ostensible realia of Greek staging to explorations of their complex constructions, semiotics and agencies in the plays and their cultural contexts more widely. My …
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Consuming Mutilation : Affectivity and Corporeal Transgression on Stage and Screen.
… of affective mutilation as it is evolves in Greek tragedy, Shakespearean drama, the Gothic stage, the theatre of the grand guignol and Artaud's theatre of cruelty. Case studies of representative texts shed light on the affective innovations that cinema draws from in order to convey similar …
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