Greeks and Romans on the Latin American stage / edited by Rosa Andújar and Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andújar, Rosa, editor.

Nikoloutsos, Konstantinos P., editor.

Series:

Bloomsbury studies in classical reception.

Bloomsbury studies in classical reception

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caribbean literature--Classical influences--Congresses.

Caribbean literature.

Caribbean literature--History and criticism--Congresses.

Classical drama--Adaptations--History and criticism--Congresses.

Classical drama.

Classical drama--Appreciation--Caribbean Area--Congresses.

Classical drama--Appreciation--Latin America--Congresses.

Spanish American drama--Classical influences--Congresses.

Spanish American drama.

Spanish American drama--20th century--History and criticism--Congresses.

Theater--Caribbean Area--History--20th century--Congresses.

Theater.

Theater--Latin America--History--20th century--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 298 pages).

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Summary:

"The first comprehensive treatment in English of the rich and varied afterlife of classical drama across Latin America, this volume explores the myriad ways in which ancient Greek and Roman texts have been adapted, invoked and re-worked in notable modern theatrical works across North and South America and the Caribbean, while also paying particular attention to the national and local context of each play. A comprehensive introduction provides a critical overview of the varying issues and complexities that arise when studying the afterlife of the European classics in the theatrical stages across this diverse and vast region. Fourteen chapters, divided into three general geographical sub-regions (Southern Cone, Brazil and the Caribbean and North America) present a strong connection to an ancient dramatic source text as well as comment upon important socio-political crises in the modern history of Latin America. The diversity and expertise of the voices in this volume translate into a multi-ranging approach to the topic that encompasses a variety of theoretical and interdisciplinary perspectives from classics, Latin American studies and theatre and performance studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Staging the European classical in 'Latin' America: an introduction / Rosa Andújar and Konstantinos NikoloutsosI

Southern Cone. From epic to tragedy: theatre and politics in Juan Cruz Varela's Dido / Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos

Leopoldo Marechal's Antígona Vélez: rewriting Greek tragedy as a foundation myth in Peronist Argentina / Brenda López Saiz

Juan Radrigán's Medea Mapuche: recreating Euripides' revenge tragedy in an indigenous Chilean context / Irmtrud König

Philoctetes and Medea in contemporary Chilean theatre / Carolina Brncić

Brazil. A God slept here by Guilherme Figueiredo: a radical modernist Amphitruo from Brazil / Rodrigo Tadeu Gonçalves

Guilherme Figueiredo, Amphitryon, and the Widow of Ephesus: linking Plautus and Petronius / Tiziana Ragno

Electra's turn to the dark side: Nelson Rodrigues' Senhora dos Afogados / Anastasia Bakogianni

Becoming Antigone: The Classics as a model of resistance in Jorge Andrade's Pedreira das Almas / Seth A. Jeppesen

The Caribbean and North America. Distorting the Lysistrata paradigm in Puerto Rico: Francisco Arriví's Club de Solteros / Rosa Andújar

Challenging the canon in the Dominican Republic: Lisístrata odia la política by Franklin Domínguez / Katherine Ford

Aeschylus and the Cuban Counter-Revolution / Jacques Bromberg

The contest between Créolité and classics in Patrick Chamoiseau's Stage Play / Justine McConnell

Dismantling the anthropological machine: Feliks Moriso-Lewa's Antigòn and Luis Alfaro's Electricidad / Tom Hawkins

Antigone undead: tragedy and biopolitics in Perla de la Rosa's Antígona: las voces que incendian el desierto / Jesse Weiner.

Notes:

Selected revised papers presented at a conference, Greeks and Romans on the Latin American stage, in June, 2014, at the University College, London.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781350125643

1350125644

9781350125629

1350125628

OCLC:

1124776029