Electra and the Empty Urn: Metatheater and Role Playing in Sophocles - Softcover

Ringer, Mark

 
9780807846971: Electra and the Empty Urn: Metatheater and Role Playing in Sophocles
Softcover
ISBN 10: 080784697X ISBN 13: 9780807846971
Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press, 1998

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Metatheater, or "theater within theater," is a critical approach often used in studies of Shakespearian or modern drama. Breaking new ground in the study of ancient Greek tragedy, Mark Ringer applies the concept of metatheatricality to the work of Sophocles. His innovative analysis sheds light on Sophocles' technical ingenuity and reveals previously unrecognized facets of fifth-century performative irony.

Ringer analyzes the layers of theatrical self-awareness in all seven Sophoclean tragedies, giving special attention to Electra, the playwright's most metatheatrical work. He focuses on plays within plays, characters who appear to be in rivalry with their playwright in "scripting" their dramas, and the various roles that characters assume in their attempts to deceive other characters or even themselves.

Ringer also examines instances of literal role playing, exploring the implications of the Greek convention of sharing multiple roles among only three actors.

Sophocles has long been praised as one of the masters of dramatic irony. Awareness of Sophoclean metatheater, Ringer shows, deepens our appreciation of that irony and reveals the playwright's keen awareness of his art.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Mark Ringer is assistant professor of theater history and literature at Denison University. He has also worked extensively as an actor, director, dramaturg, and critic in the United States and Europe.&27;

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Applies the concept of metatheater, or "theater within theater" to the work of Sophocles. Analyzes all seven Sophoclean tragedies, revealing previously unrecognized facets of fifth-century performative irony.

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Applies the concept of metatheater, or "theater within theater" to the work of Sophocles. Analyzes all seven Sophoclean tragedies, revealing previously unrecognized facets of fifth-century performative irony.

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Verlag
The University of North Carolina Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1998
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
080784697X
ISBN 13 
9780807846971
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
272
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