Antigone on the Contemporary World Stage is the first book to analyse what happens to Sophocles' play as it is adapted and (re)produced around the world, and the first to focus specifically on Antigone in performance. The essays, by an international gathering of noted scholars from a wide range of disciplines, highlight the numerous ways in which social, political, historical, and cultural contexts transform the material, how artists and audiences in diverse societies including Argentina, The Congo, Finland, Haiti, India, Japan, and the United States interact with it, and the variety of issues it has been used to address.
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Sophocles' Antigone has been staged all over the world, and many of these productions have reconceived and remade the play to address local issues and concerns. This collection of essays explores the play's reception in numerous countries, as diverse as The Congo and Australia, Argentina and Japan.
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I. ANTIGONE IN ANTIQUITY ; II. AN ANCIENT GREEK PLAY? ; III. CULTURAL FREEDOM ; IV. ANTIGONE AND HUMAN RIGHTS ; V. INDIVIDUAL VS. COLLECTIVE ; VI. ANTIGONE AS DISSIDENT ; VII. CULTURAL MEMORY ; VIII. SOPHOCLES VS. ANOUILH
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Extends the remarkable history of Sophocles' play, by analysing its reinterpretation in numerous extremely diverse contexts Pioneering exploration of the reception of a classical Greek play in the non-Western world Extensive bibliography offers readers more information about productions of Antigone all over the world, as well as written studies
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Extends the remarkable history of Sophocles' play, by analysing its reinterpretation in numerous extremely diverse contexts Pioneering exploration of the reception of a classical Greek play in the non-Western world Extensive bibliography offers readers more information about productions of Antigone all over the world, as well as written studies
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199586196
Publisert
2011
Utgiver
Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press
Vekt
960 gr
Høyde
237 mm
Bredde
162 mm
Dybde
29 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
496