Aspects Of Euripidean Tragedy

Author : L. H. G. Greenwood
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107559806

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Aspects of Euripidean Tragedy by L. H. G. Greenwood Pdf

Originally published in 1953, this book presents a concise study regarding the nature of Euripidean tragedy. The main part of the text discusses the conflict between Euripides' presentation of the gods and his own religious beliefs, putting forward the view that the plots of his plays are 'fantasies' without an intended symbolic content. The final two chapters provide accounts of The Suppliants and realism within Greek tragedy, respectively. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Ancient Greek drama, Classical literature and literary criticism.

Author : Leonard Hugh Graham Greenwood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Greek drama (Tragedy)
ISBN : 0846216434

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Aspects of Euripidean Tragedy by Leonard Hugh Graham Greenwood Pdf

Author : N. T. Croally
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1994-10-20
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521464900

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Euripidean Polemic by N. T. Croally Pdf

This book sets out to interpret Euripides' The Trojan Women in the light of a view of tragedy which sees its function, as it was understood in classical Athens, as being didactic. This function, the author argues, was carried out by an examination of the ideology to which the audience subscribed. The Trojan Women, powerfully exploiting the dramatic context of the aftermath of the Trojan War, is a remarkable example of tragic teaching. The play questions a series of mutually reinforcing polarities (man/god; man/woman; Greek/barbarian; free/slave) through which an Athenian citizen defined himself, and also examines the dangers of rhetoric and the value of victory in war. By making the didactic function of tragedy the basis of interpretation, the author is able to offer a coherent view of a number of long-standing problems in Euripidean and tragic criticism, namely the relation of Euripides to the sophists, the pervasive self-reference and anachronism in Euripides, the problem of contemporary reference, and the construction and importance of the tragic scene. The book, which makes use of recent scholarship both in Classics and in critical theory, should be read by all those interested in Greek tragedy and in the culture of late fifth-century Athens.

Author : William Allan
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2000-05-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191541568

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The Andromache and Euripidean Tragedy by William Allan Pdf

The Andromache has long been disparaged despite being a brilliant piece of theatre. In this book Dr Allan draws attention to the neglected artistry of this very impressive and intriguing text. Through careful analysis the Andromache emerges as a play that poses fundamental questions, especially about the polarity of Greek and barbarian, and the morality of the gods. Dr Allan shows how the play also challenges revenge as a motive for action, and explores the role of women as wives, mothers, and victims of war, be they Greek or Trojan, victorious or defeated. These are among the central concerns that make the Andromache a moving and thought-provoking tragedy, full of suffering, suspense, and moral interest. This book contributes both to an appreciation of the Andromache in its own right, and to a wider understanding of the variety and quality of Euripides' uvre.

Author : Desmond J. Conacher
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1967-12-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781442637597

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Euripidean Drama by Desmond J. Conacher Pdf

It is a commonly held view among historians of Greek literature that with the advent of Euripides the tragic structure, even the tragic outlook of Greek drama suffered a breakdown from which it never recovered. While there is much truth in this opinion, it has tended to put too much emphasis on "Euripides the destroyer" rather than "Euripides the creator." In this study the author's main purpose is to redress the balance and to discuss the structure and techniques of Euripidean drama in relation to its new and richly varied themes. The consistent dramatic form evolved by Aeschylus and Sophocles had grown out of their conception of tragedy as the resultant of the tension between the individual will and the universal order suggested in myth. For Euripides, who never fully accepted myth as the real basis of tragedy, alternate ways of using the traditional material became necessary, and the playwright continually changed his dramatic structure to suit the particular tragic idea he was seeking to express. Viewed in this way, Euripides' dramatic technique may be seen in positive as well as negative terms—as something other than the breakdown of structural technique and mythological insight under the overwhelming force of his ideas. Professor Conacher offers here a new view of Euripides as the first Greek dramatist properly to understand the world of myth, and so, in a sense, to stand a bit outside it. He shows how Euripides, far from being an impatient or incompetent craftsman, used traditional mth as a basis for inventing new forms in which to cast his perceptions of the sources of human tragedy. All the extant Euripidean drama is examined in this book; the result is an intelligent guide to the plays for all students of dramatic literature, as well as a convincing defence of Euripides the creator.

Author : Euripides
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Mythology, Greek
ISBN : UVA:X000471422

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The Tragedies of Euripides by Euripides Pdf

Author : Thalia Papadopoulou
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1139446673

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Heracles and Euripidean Tragedy by Thalia Papadopoulou Pdf

Euripides' Heracles is an extraordinary play of great complexity, exploring the co-existence of both positive and negative aspects of the eponymous hero. Euripides treats Heracles' ambivalence by showing his uncertain position after the completion of his labours and turns him into a tragic hero by dramatizing his development from the invincible hero of the labours to the courageous bearer of suffering. This book offers a comprehensive reading of Heracles examining it in the contexts of Euripidean dramaturgy, Greek drama and fifth-century Athenian society. It shows that the play, which raises profound questions on divinity and human values, deserves to have a prominent place in every discussion about Euripides and about Greek tragedy. Tracing some of Euripides' most spectacular writing in terms of emotional and intellectual effect, and discussing questions of narrative, rhetoric, stagecraft and audience reception, this work is required reading for all students and scholars of Euripides.

Author : Marc Huys
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9061867134

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The Tale of the Hero who was Exposed at Birth in Euripidean Tragedy by Marc Huys Pdf

Author : Jennifer Kosak
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047405955

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Heroic Measures by Jennifer Kosak Pdf

This book demonstrates the importance of Greek medical thought in the work of Euripides. Part I shows the significance of the healing figure in Euripidean drama; Part II analyzes the role of traditional and rationalist remedies in the construction of Euripidean plots and arguments.

Author : Aeschylus,Euripides,Sophocles
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-26
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780141961712

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Greek Tragedy by Aeschylus,Euripides,Sophocles Pdf

Agememnon is the first part of the Aeschylus's Orestian trilogy in which the leader of the Greek army returns from the Trojan war to be murdered by his treacherous wife Clytemnestra. In Sophocles' Oedipus Rex the king sets out to uncover the cause of the plague that has struck his city, only to disover the devastating truth about his relationship with his mother and his father. Medea is the terrible story of a woman's bloody revenge on her adulterous husband through the murder of her own children.

Author : Anne Norris Michelini
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0299107647

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Euripides and the Tragic Tradition by Anne Norris Michelini Pdf

Euripides and the Tragic Tradition asks all the right questions. It forces us to confront the many contradictions in Euripides' work, demonstrates the differences between the literary assumptions of Sophocles and Euripides, and challenges us to respond to Euripidean drama with sophistication and sensitivity. --Francis M. Dunn, Scholia.

Author : E. A. M. E. O'Connor-Visser
Publisher : B.R. Gruner Publishing Company
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015013345726

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Aspects of Human Sacrifice in the Tragedies of Euripides by E. A. M. E. O'Connor-Visser Pdf

Author : Justina Gregory
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1997-07-28
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0472084437

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Euripides and the Instruction of the Athenians by Justina Gregory Pdf

DIVThe author reveals the complex political and social elements of Euripides' plays and the interplay between the poet and his audience. /div

Author : Naomi A. Weiss
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780520401440

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The Music of Tragedy by Naomi A. Weiss Pdf

The Music of Tragedy offers a new approach to the study of classical Greek theater by examining the use of musical language, imagery, and performance in the late work of Euripides. Naomi Weiss demonstrates that Euripides' allusions to music-making are not just metatheatrical flourishes or gestures towards musical and religious practices external to the drama but closely interwoven with the dramatic plot. Situating Euripides' experimentation with the dramaturgical effects of mousike within a broader cultural context, she shows how much of his novelty lies in his reinvention of traditional lyric styles and motifs for the tragic stage. If we wish to understand better the trajectories of this most important ancient art form, The Music of Tragedy argues, we must pay closer attention to the role played by both music and text.

Author : Francis M. Dunn
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Closure (Rhetoric)
ISBN : 9780195083446

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Tragedy's End by Francis M. Dunn Pdf

Euripides is a notoriously problematic and controversial playwright whose innovations, according to Nietzsche, brought Greek tragedy to an early death. Francis Dunn here argues that the infamous and artificial endings in Euripides deny the viewer access to a stable or authoritative reading of the play, while innovations in plot and ending opened tragedy up to a medley of comic, parodic, and narrative impulses. Part One explores the dramatic and metadramatic uses of novel closing gestures, such as aetiology, closing prophecy, exit lines of the chorus, and deus ex machina. Part Two shows how experimentation in plot and ending reinforce one another in Hippolytus, Trojan Women, and Heracles. Part Three argues that in three late plays, Helen, Orestes, and Phoenician Women, Euripides devises radically new and untragic ways of representing and understanding human experience. Tragedy's End is the first comprehensive study of closure in classical tragedy, and will be of interest to students and scholars of classical literature, drama, and comparative literature.