Markantonatos Euripides' "Alcestis"

Narrative, Myth, and Religion
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-11-033097-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 235 Seiten

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This volume is an accessible yet in-depth narratological study of Euripides’ - the earliest extant play of Euripides and one of the most experimental masterpieces of Greek tragedy, not only standing in place of a satyr-play but also preserving at least some of its typical features. Commencing from the widely-held view, so lamentably ignored within the domain of Classics, that a narratology of drama should be predicated upon the notion of narrative as verbal, as well as visual, rendition of a story, this unique volume contextualizes the play in terms of its reception by the original audience, locating the intricate narrative tropes of the plot in the dynamics of fifth-century Athenian mythology and religion.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in Greek literature and especially tragedy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Markantonatos, Andreas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;7
2;Chapter 1 Narrative, Myth, and Religion;13
2.1;I. Introduction;13
2.2;II. Tragic Storytelling: Form and Content;13
2.3;III. Tragic Worlds: Narrating the Athenian Polis;19
2.4;IV. Euripides’ Alcestis: Narrative and Interpretation;27
3;Chapter 2 Narrative;34
3.1;I. Introduction;34
3.2;II. Death is Death is Death: Narrating a World of Perennial Suffering;35
4;Chapter 3 Myth;98
4.1;I. Introduction;98
4.2;II. Mythological Intertextuality: Alcestis and Heracles;100
4.3;III. Prophecy, Theory, Action: The Making of a Hero;106
5;Chapter 4 Religion;143
5.1;I. Introduction;143
5.2;II. Death is Death is Life: Eleusinian Orphism and Moral Courage;147
5.3;III. Death is Death is Life: Alcestis, Athens, and Mystical Salvation;163
6;Conclusion;172
7;Bibliography;176
7.1;I. Abbreviations;176
7.2;II. Editions & Translations;176
7.3;III. List of Works Cited;177
8;General Index;229
9;Index of Greek Words;232
10;Index of Alcestis Passages;233

Über Autor(innen)

A. Markantonatos, University of the Peloponnese, Kalamata.