Dionysus resurrected : performances of Euripides' The Bacchae in a globalizing world / Erika Fischer-Lichte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fischer-Lichte, Erika.

Series:

Blackwell-Bristol Lectures on Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition

Blackwell Bristol lectures on Greece, Rome and the classical tradition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek drama--Modern presentation.

Greek drama.

Euripides--Stage history.

Euripides.

Euripides. Bacchae.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dionysus Resurrected analyzes the global resurgence since the late 1960's of Euripides' The Bacchae. By analyzing and contextualizing these modern day performances, the author reveals striking parallels between transformational events taking place during the era of the play's revival and events within the play itself. Puts forward a lively discussion of the parallels between transformational events during the era of the play's revival and events within the play itself The first comparative study to analyse and contextualize performances of The Bacchae...

Contents:

Dionysus Resurrected: Performances of Euripides' The Bacchae in a Globalizing World; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Re-enter Dionysus; The Topicality of The Bacchae; Theories of Sacrificial Ritual in the 1970's; From "Text" to "Performance": A New Theatre Aesthetics; Notes; References; Further Reading; Part I: Festivals of Liberation: Celebrating Communality; Chapter 1: The Birth Ritual of a New Theatre; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 2: Celebrating a Communion Rite?; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 3: Sparagmos and Omophagia; Notes; References

Further Reading Part II: Renegotiating Cultural Identities; Chapter 4: On the Strangeness and Inaccessibility of the Past; Note; References; Further Reading; Chapter 5: Performing or Contaminating Greekness?; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 6: In Search of New Identities; Notes; References; Part III: Productive Encounter or Destructive Clash of Cultures?; Chapter 7: Dismemberment and the Quest for Wholeness; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 8: Transforming Kathakali; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 9: Beijing Opera Dismembered; Notes; References

Further Reading Epilogue; Name Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 12, 2013).

ISBN:

9781118609774

1118609778

9781118609750

1118609751

9781118609781

1118609786

OCLC:

863672886