Figures of play : Greek drama and metafictional poetics / Gregory W. Dobrov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dobrov, Gregory W., 1957- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek drama--History and criticism.

Greek drama.

Performing arts in literature.

Theater in literature.

Aesthetics, Ancient.

Drama--Technique.

Drama.

Poetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study explores the reflexive aspects of ancient theatrical culture across genres. The 'syntax' of drama is shown to involve specific 'figures of play' through which the theatrical medium turns back on itself to study the contexts of its production.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Drama and Metafiction; 2. Figures of Play, Part 1: Surface Play and the Mise en Abyme; 3. Figures of Play, Part 2: The Comic Contrafact; 4. Aias: Sophokles' Aias, Madness, and the Show Within; 5. Pentheus: Euripides' Bakkhai as a Contest of Fictions; 6. Bellerophontes: Euripides' Bellerophontes and Aristophanes' Peace; 7. Tereus: Sophokles' Tereus and Aristophanes' Birds; 8. Herakles: Euripides' Peirithous and Aristophanes' Frogs; 9. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770458-1

1-280-47022-4

1-4237-5979-6

0-19-535378-1

1-60256-225-3

OCLC:

437173132