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Tragic workings in Euripides' drama : the anthropology of the genre / Synnove des Bouvrie.

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Format:: Book
Author/Creator:: Des Bouvrie, SynnÃ ̧ve, author.
Contributor:: John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.
Language:: English
Subjects (All):: Greek drama (Tragedy).; History.; Greek drama (Tragedy)--History.
Genre:: History.
Physical Description:: 445 pages ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:: Copenhagen : Museum Tusculanum Press [2018]
Summary:: Tragic Workings in Euripides Drama' offers a substantially new theory and method for understanding Attic tragedy. Starting from anthropological insights, and drawing on Aristotle s theory of the specific tragic reactions of shock and horror as well as his propositions on the tragic violation of fundamental social values, Des Bouvrie argues that the participating community in fifth-century Greece, for instance at the Dionysia, the Athenian dramatic festival, assembled as a collective body engaging in a program of prescribed sentiments. She identifies this program as a tragic process that mobilized the audience into revitalizing their institutional order, the unquestionable values sustaining the oikos and preserving the polis.00Des Bouvrie s novel, not to say revolutionary, and explicitly anthropological approach, consists in focusing primarily on the tragic workings of Attic tragedy. While Euripides is singled out with astute readings of Heracleidae, Andromache, Hecuba, Heracles, The Trojan Women, Iphigenia in Tauris and Iphigenia at Aulis on offer - the author s earlier work on other Greek tragedians suggests that these features were operating in the genre as such. For students and scholars interested in ancient Greek tragedy, this volume constitutes a remarkable contribution. It will significantly further studies of the tragic genre as well as stimulate new debate.
Contents:: Part I Theory; Chapter 1 Introduction 15; The Hermeneutic dilemma 15; Questioning and problematizing approaches 17; Modern attitudes to the theater 24; Interpretative frames 26; Aesthetic distance in interpretation 27; Document 30; Analogies 30; Descriptions, depictions 31; Realism, moralism, individualism 33; Personification 34; Irony 34; 'Flaws and failings' in dramatic composition 36; Plot is lacking 37; Unity is missing 37; Conflict is absent 38; Central character is missing 38; Motivation is problematic 39; The problem of moral coherence 40; 'The tragic' in current interpretations 41; Final comments 44; Chapter 2 The cultural-symbolic nature of Attic theater 47; Cultural-historical preliminaries 47; Stasis 47; Developments 'from ritual to theater' 54; Discussions on the ritual nature of Attic tragedy 59; Adopting a field anthropological perspective 68; The cultural-symbolic workings of Attic theater 76; The Program 80; Comedy 88; Satyr drama 90; Polarized responses 93; The tragic vs. the comic genre 95; Conclusions 96; Chapter 3 Theory and Methodology 99; Theory 99; Methodology 108; The question of 'closure' 111; Conclusions 115; Part II Interpretation Of Dramas; Andromache: The continuation of the oikos 121; Problems of interpretation 121; The tragic workings of Andromache 126; The prologos 1-116 130; The parodos 117-146 135; The first epeisodion 147-273 136; The first stasimon 274-308 137; The second epeisodion 309-463 137; The second stasimon 464-493 138; The third epeisodion 494-765 139; The third stasimon 766-801 141; The fourth epeisodion 802-1008 141; The fourth stasimon 1009-1046 143; The exodos 1047-1288 143; The historical context 147; Final comments 148; Hecuba: Philia and Xenia 149; Problems of interpretation 149; The tragic workings of Hecuba 156; The prologos 1-97 161; The parados 98-153 164; Lyrical lament and lyrical dialogue 154-215 165; The first epeisodion 216-443 165; The first stasimon 444-483 170; The second epeisodion 484-628 170; The second stasimon 629-657 171; The third epeisodion 658-904 171; The third stasimon 905-952 175; The fourth epeisodion 953-1022 175; The fourth stasimon 1023-1034 176; The exodos 1035-1295 176; Closure 178; Final comments 179; Iphigenia in Tauris: The continuation of the descent line 181; Problems of interpretation 181; The tragic workings of Iphigenia in Tauris 189; The prologos 1-122 191; The parodos 123-235 197; The first epeisodion 236-391 199; The first stasimon 392-455 201; The second epeisodion 456-642 201; The kommós 643-657 202; The third epeisodion 658-1088 203; The second stasimon 1089-1152 206; The fourth epeisodion 1153-1233 208; The third stasimon 1234-1283 208; The exodos 1284-499 209; Final comments 211; Iphigenia at Aulis: Inversions of war and marriage 213; Problems of interpretation 213; The tragic workings of Iphigenia at Aulis 220; The prologos 1-163 223; The parodos 164-302 226; The first epeisodion 303-542 227; The first stasimon 543-589 229; Interlude 590-606 230; The second epeisodion 607-750 230; The second stasimon 751-800 231; The third epeisodion 801-1035 231; The third stasimon 1036-1097 232; The fourth epeisodion 1098-1275 234; Lyrical part 1276-1282 with Iphigenia's monody 1283-1335 235; The Exodos 1336-1629 235; Panhellenism 236; Final comments 240; Troades: The role of the warrior 243; Problems of interpretation 243; The tragic workings of Troades 248; The prologos 1-152 255; The parodos 153-234 257; The first epeisodion 235-510 258; The first stasimon 511-567 261; The second epeisodion 568-798 261; The second stasimon 799-858 264; The third epeisodion 860-1059 264; The third stasimon 1060-1117 267; The exodos 1118-1332 268; Final comments 270; Heraclidae: The Hebe of the Warrior 271; Problems of interpretation 271; The tragic workings of Heraclidae 275; The prologos 1-72 279; The parodos 73-117 281; The first epeisodion 118-352 281; The first stasimon 353-380 284; The second epeisodion 381-607 284; The second stasimon 608-629 286; The third epeisodion 630-747 286; The third stasimon 748-783 288; The fourth epeisodion 784-891 288; The fourth stasimon 892-927 289; The exodos 928-1055 290; Final comments 291; Heracles: The absent and the mad warrior 293; Problems of interpretation 293; The tragic workings of Heracles 301; The prologos 1-106 303; The parodos 107-139 305; The first epeisodion 140-347 307; The first stasimon 348-450 311; The second epeisodion 451-636 312; The second stasimon 637-700 313; The third epeisodion 701-733 313; Prelude to the third stasimon 734-762 314; The third stasimon 763-814 314; The fourth epeisodion 815-874 314; Lyrical passage 875-909 316; Messenger report 910-1015 317; Lyrical passage 1016-1088 318; The exodos 1089-1428 318; Final comments 323.
Local Notes:: Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.
ISBN:: 9788763545952; 8763545950
OCLC:: 1019661409
Publisher Number:: 99977130699

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