Tragedy's end : closure and innovation in Euripidean drama /

Euripides is a notoriously problematic and controversial playwright whose innovations, according to Nietzsche, brought Greek tragedy to an early death. Dunn here argues that the infamous and artificial endings in Euripides deny the viewer access to a stable or authoritative reading of the play, whil...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dunn, Francis M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Temas:
Euripides > Criticism and interpretation.
Euripides.
Euripides, > 480 A. C.- 406 A. C.
Greek drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism.
Originality (Aesthetics)
Closure (Rhetoric)
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Tragédie grecque > Histoire et critique.
Originalité (Esthétique)
Conclusion (Littérature)
Rhétorique ancienne.
DRAMA > Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Greek drama (Tragedy)
Tragedies.
Einde (letterkunde)
Literatura grega (crítica e interpretação)
Greek drama
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Euripides is a notoriously problematic and controversial playwright whose innovations, according to Nietzsche, brought Greek tragedy to an early death. 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 experimenta.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 252 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-244)) and indexes.
ISBN:019508344X
9780195083446
1602566240
9781602566248
9780195344776
0195344774
1423734769
9781423734765

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