Antigone / Slavoj Žižek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Žižek, Slavoj, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antigone (Mythological character)--Drama.

Antigone.

Antigone (Mythological character).

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

xxv, 31 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.

Summary:

"While it is common practice in contemporary theatre to re-contextualize a piece of work, the riskier--and Slavoj Zizek would argue more faithful--approach might be to change the actual story itself. Zizek's Antigone not only re-positions Antigone as a revolutionary political figure, it alters the narrative of the play itself. As Zizek puts it himself in the introduction to the play, 'Only one thing is sure: sticking to the traditional letter is the safest way to betray the spirit of the classic'. Philosophers have long been preoccupied with Antigone--Kierkegaard, Hegel, Plato and Judith Butler to name but a few--but never before has a philosopher had the audacity to throw fidelity to the wind and re-write one of the most classic plays in the history of theatre. This lack of fidelity is, of course, precisely the point: not only is this a fascinating new play in its own right, it is a political work calling into question our ideas of reverence to the canon, fidelity to the text and the notion of what 'faithfulness' might really mean. A brilliantly funny, moving and political play for those who are interested in reading and watching Antigone in a new way. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction

Play

Postscript

Index.

Other Format:

Online version: Žižek, Slavoj, author. Antigone

ISBN:

9781474269377

1474269370

OCLC:

930255804

Publisher Number:

99969501095