The choruses of Sophokles' Antigone and Philoktetes : a dance of words / by Margaret Rachel Kitzinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kitzinger, Rachel, 1948-

Series:

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature ; v. 292.

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature, 0169-8958 ; v. 292

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sophocles. Antigone.

Sophocles.

Sophocles. Philoctetes.

Drama--Chorus (Greek drama).

Drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dance of Words argues for a fundamental difference in the modes of expression of actor and chorus. The chorus views the action from the perspective of dancers and singers, while the actors' understanding is shaped by the responsibility they have to make things happen. While this responsibility fashions the actors' considerations of cause and effect, linear movement through time and space, and a sense of history, the chorus' sensibilities arise out of the rhythms of its song and movements. Its mode of expression is a particular way of communicating and elaborating on man's place in the larger order, and its view of the action is bounded by the way that song and dance mirror that order.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / Margaret Rachel Kitzinger

Chapter One. Antigone / Margaret Rachel Kitzinger

Chapter Two. Philoktetes / Margaret Rachel Kitzinger

Epilogue / Margaret Rachel Kitzinger

Bibliography / Margaret Rachel Kitzinger

Index / Margaret Rachel Kitzinger.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-142) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-06066-3

9786613060662

90-474-3286-X

OCLC:

706146072

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004165144.i-148 DOI