Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. Tragic Narrative
  • I. Narratology and Greek Tragedy
  • II. Time Games
  • III. Narrative Games
  • IV. Audience Reception: The External Narratees
  • V. Beyond the Text: Music and Dance (Appendix)
  • Chapter 2. Narrative Past
  • I. The Hold of the Past on the Present
  • II. Controlling the Past: Shaping the Future
  • Chapter 3. Narration and the Battle
  • I. Designing the Battle
  • II. Praying for Victory: Narration and Prophecy
  • III. Narration and Concealment
  • Chapter 4. Narration and Death
  • I. The Death of Oedipus: Deferral and Secrecy
  • II. Praying for DeathIII. Narrative Tactics: The Messenger
  • IV. Looking Back in Sorrow: The Lament
  • VI. Intertextual Reversal: Sophoclesâ€? Antigone
  • Chapter 5. â€?Viewingâ€? Colonus
  • I. Description and Focalization
  • II. Political â€?Viewingâ€?: The Athenian Colonus
  • III. Mystical â€?Viewingâ€?: The Eleusinian Colonus
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • a) Abreviation
  • b) Select Editions of Sophoclesâ€? Oedipus at Colonus
  • c) Works Cited
  • Indexes
  • I. General Index
  • II. Index of Greek Words
  • III. Index of Principal Passages