Lamari Narrative, Intertext, and Space in Euripides' "Phoenissae"

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-3-11-024593-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 6, 259 Seiten

Reihe: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes

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.

Zielgruppe

Academics, Libraries, Institutes

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lamari, Anna A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;8
2;Acknowledgements;12
3;Chapter 1. Theorizing tragic narration;14
4;Chapter 2. Retelling the past, shaping the future: Onstage narrative and offstage allusions (Phoenissae 1-689);34
5;Chapter 3. Violating expectations: Offstage narrative and the play’s open end (Phoenissae 690-1766);88
6;Chapter 4. Intertextuality;132
7;Chapter 5. Space;172
8;Conclusions. Myth for all: the play’s flexi-narrative;208
9;Appendix I: The trilogy;214
10;Appendix II: The text;218
11;Abbreviations;222
12;Bibliography;224
13;General Index;246
14;Index Locorum;250

Über Autor(innen)

Anna A. Lamari, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.