Narrative, Intertext, and Space in Euripides' "Phoenissae" / / Anna A. Lamari.
Euripides’ Phoenissae bears one of the richest tragic plots: multiple narrative levels are interwoven by means of various anachronies, focalizers offer different and often challenging points of view, while a complex mythical matrix is deftly employed as the backdrop against which the exploration of...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Classics and Near East Studies 2000-2014 (EN) |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2010] ©2010 |
Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (250 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Theorizing tragic narration -- Chapter 2. Retelling the past, shaping the future: Onstage narrative and offstage allusions (Phoenissae 1-689) -- Chapter 3. Violating expectations: Offstage narrative and the play’s open end (Phoenissae 690-1766) -- Chapter 4. Intertextuality -- Chapter 5. Space -- Conclusions. Myth for all: the play’s flexi-narrative -- Backmatter |
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Summary: | Euripides’ Phoenissae bears one of the richest tragic plots: multiple narrative levels are interwoven by means of various anachronies, focalizers offer different and often challenging points of view, while a complex mythical matrix is deftly employed as the backdrop against which the exploration of the mechanics of tragic narrative takes place. After providing a critical perspective on the ongoing scholarly dialogue regarding narratology and drama, this book uses the former as a working tool for the study and interpretation of the latter. The Phoenissae is approached as a coherent narrative unit and issues like the use of myth, narrators, intertext, time and space are discussed in detail. It is within these contexts that the play is seen as a Theban mythical ‛thesaurus’ both exploring previous mythical ramifications and making new additions. The result is rewarding: Euripides constructs a handbook of the Theban saga that was informative for those mythically untrained, fascinating for those theatrically demanding, but also dexterously open upon each one’s reception. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110245936 9783110621099 9783110238570 9783110637854 9783110233544 9783110233551 9783110233575 |
ISSN: | 1868-4785 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110245936 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Anna A. Lamari. |