Narrative, Intertext, and Space in Euripides' "Phoenissae" / / Anna A. Lamari.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Classics and Near East Studies 2000-2014 (EN)
• VerfasserIn: Lamari, Anna A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes , 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (250 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

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