Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 590 g
Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 590 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-965783-4
Verlag: Hurst & Co.
Metapoetry in Euripides is the first detailed study of the self-conscious literary devices applied within Euripidean drama and how these are interwoven with issues of thematic importance, whether social, theological, or political. In the volume, Torrance argues that Euripides employed a complex system of metapoetic strategies in order to draw the audience's attention to the novelty of his compositions. The metapoetic strategies discussed include intertextual
allusions to earlier poetic texts (especially to Homer, Aeschylus and Sophocles) which are often developed around unusual and memorable language or imagery, deployment of recognizable trigger words referring to plot construction, novelties or secondary status, and self-conscious references to fiction implied
through allusion to writing.
Torrance also looks at and compares metapoetic techniques used in tragedy, satyr-drama, and old comedy to demonstrate that the Greek tragedians commonly exploited metapoetic strategies, and that metapoetry is more pervasive in Euripides than in the other tragedians. While Euripides shares some metapoetic techniques with old comedy, these remain implicit in his tragedies (but not in his satyr-dramas).
Zielgruppe
For students and scholars interested in Classical studies, Greek drama, and metapoetics in literature.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface
List of Illustrations
Abbreviations
Introduction
1: Euripides and the Oresteia
2: Intertextual Ekphrasis
3: Writing and Self-Conscious Mythopoiesis
4: The Trojan War
5: Tragedy, Comedy, and Euripides
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index