Greek Tragic Style : Form, Language and Interpretation.
Rutherford, R. B.
Greek Tragic Style : Form, Language and Interpretation. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (494 pages)
Index of topics.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 412-445) and indexes.
Cover; GREEK TRAGIC STYLE: Form, Language and Interpretation; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Note on texts; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; I STARTING POINTS: THREE PASSAGES; II PROBLEMS OF DEFINITION (STYLE' AND OTHER TERMS); III ANCIENT AND MODERN STUDY OF THE SUBJECT; CHAPTER 2 Genre: form, structure and mode; I FORMAL DESCRIPTION; II HISTORICAL OUTLINE; III GENERIC APPROPRIATION AND DISTORTION; IV COMEDY AND TRAGEDY (PARATRAGIC AND SUB-TRAGIC PASSAGES); V PERCEPTIONS OF THE GENRE; CHAPTER 3 Words, themes and names. I TRAGIC DICTION, SYNTAX AND STYLE IN THE PROLOGUE TO ANTIGONEII SETTING THE SCENE AND ESTABLISHING MOOD. KEY WORDS AND DOMINANT THEMES; III NAMES: USING, WITHHOLDING AND REVEALING THEM; IV FORMS OF ADDRESS; SOPHOCLES, PHILOCTETES; APPENDIX 1: VOCABULARY; APPENDIX 2: A NOTE ON ALLITERATION AND RELATED PHENOMENA; CHAPTER 4 The imagery of Greek tragedy; I INTRODUCTORY: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SUBJECT; II RECURRING OR THEMATIC' IMAGERY IN THE ORESTEIA AND ELSEWHERE; III CENTRAL FIELDS OF TRAGIC IMAGERY; BORDER REGIONS BETWEEN GOD AND MAN, BRIDGED BY IMAGERY. IV PERSONIFICATION, ESPECIALLY OF DIVINISED ENTITIESCHAPTER 5 The dramatists at work: spoken verse; I PRELIMINARIES; II LONG VERSUS SHORT; STICHOMYTHIA; III PROLOGUE; IV AGON; V MESSENGER SPEECH; CHAPTER 6 The dramatists at work: lyrics; I PRELIMINARIES: THE TRAGIC CHORUS; Form and structure; Language; Characterisation; Function; (a) Hymn/prayer; (b) Self-characterisation; (c) Response to events.; (d) Narrative; (e) Reflection; II THREE TRAGIC CHORAL SONGS (AESCHYLUS, AGAMEMNON, SOPHOCLES, ELECTRA, EURIPIDES, HIPPOLYTUS). III TWO SONGS ON ATHENS (EURIPIDES, MEDEA, SOPHOCLES, OEDIPUS COLONEUS)IV SONG-SPEECH COMBINATIONS: A SURVEY; V MONODY. CREUSA'S MONODY IN EURIPIDES' ION; VI NEW MUSIC, NEW STYLES; VII LATE SOPHOCLEAN SONG: OEDIPUS COLONEUS; CHAPTER 7 The characters of Greek tragedy; I PROBLEMS AND APPROACHES; II CHARACTER TYPES, ESPECIALLY FEMALE; III THE WATCHMAN IN AESCHYLUS, AGAMEMNON; IV DECEPTIVE WOMEN: AESCHYLUS' CLYTEMNESTRA; SOPHOCLES' DEIANIRA; V NEOPTOLEMUS IN SOPHOCLES, PHILOCTETES; VI CHANGING PERSPECTIVES: EURIPIDES' HIPPOLYTUS; VII THE DRAMA OF INDECISION: MEDEA. CHAPTER 8 The irony of Greek tragedyI IRONY AND RELATED TERMS; THE ROLE OF THE GODS; EPIC BACKGROUND; II MALIGN IRONY: SCENES OF ENTRAPMENT; III IGNORANCE AND RECOGNITION; IV DIVINE MANIPULATION AND HUMAN DOWNFALL; V DIONYSUS IN THE BACCHAE; APPENDIX: METATEXTUAL IRONY; CHAPTER 9 The wisdom of Greek tragedy; I THE GENERAL AND THE GNOMIC; II NOVELTY OF THOUGHT AND IDEAS; III QUESTIONS ABOUT DEITY; IV GRANDEUR OF EXPRESSION: AESCHYLUS, AGAMEMNON, SOPHOCLES, OEDIPUS COLONEUS; V GENERAL STATEMENTS IN SOPHOCLES, AJAX; CHAPTER 10 Epilogue; Bibliography; Select index of Greek words.
An exploration of the poetic qualities of the Greek tragic dramatists Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides highlighting their similarities and differences.
English.
9781139421584 1139421581 9781139423625 (electronic bk.) 1139423622 (electronic bk.) 9780511842771 0511842775 1139411195 9781139411196 1107225701 9781107225701 1280682876 9781280682872 1139422553 9781139422550 9786613659811 6613659819 1139419536 9781139419536 1139417487 9781139417488
To 1500
Greek drama--History and criticism.
Poetics--History--To 1500.
Théâtre grec--Histoire et critique.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS--Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
DRAMA--Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Greek drama.
Poetics.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
PA3131 / .R88 2012eb
882.0109
Greek Tragic Style : Form, Language and Interpretation. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (494 pages)
Index of topics.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 412-445) and indexes.
Cover; GREEK TRAGIC STYLE: Form, Language and Interpretation; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Note on texts; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; I STARTING POINTS: THREE PASSAGES; II PROBLEMS OF DEFINITION (STYLE' AND OTHER TERMS); III ANCIENT AND MODERN STUDY OF THE SUBJECT; CHAPTER 2 Genre: form, structure and mode; I FORMAL DESCRIPTION; II HISTORICAL OUTLINE; III GENERIC APPROPRIATION AND DISTORTION; IV COMEDY AND TRAGEDY (PARATRAGIC AND SUB-TRAGIC PASSAGES); V PERCEPTIONS OF THE GENRE; CHAPTER 3 Words, themes and names. I TRAGIC DICTION, SYNTAX AND STYLE IN THE PROLOGUE TO ANTIGONEII SETTING THE SCENE AND ESTABLISHING MOOD. KEY WORDS AND DOMINANT THEMES; III NAMES: USING, WITHHOLDING AND REVEALING THEM; IV FORMS OF ADDRESS; SOPHOCLES, PHILOCTETES; APPENDIX 1: VOCABULARY; APPENDIX 2: A NOTE ON ALLITERATION AND RELATED PHENOMENA; CHAPTER 4 The imagery of Greek tragedy; I INTRODUCTORY: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SUBJECT; II RECURRING OR THEMATIC' IMAGERY IN THE ORESTEIA AND ELSEWHERE; III CENTRAL FIELDS OF TRAGIC IMAGERY; BORDER REGIONS BETWEEN GOD AND MAN, BRIDGED BY IMAGERY. IV PERSONIFICATION, ESPECIALLY OF DIVINISED ENTITIESCHAPTER 5 The dramatists at work: spoken verse; I PRELIMINARIES; II LONG VERSUS SHORT; STICHOMYTHIA; III PROLOGUE; IV AGON; V MESSENGER SPEECH; CHAPTER 6 The dramatists at work: lyrics; I PRELIMINARIES: THE TRAGIC CHORUS; Form and structure; Language; Characterisation; Function; (a) Hymn/prayer; (b) Self-characterisation; (c) Response to events.; (d) Narrative; (e) Reflection; II THREE TRAGIC CHORAL SONGS (AESCHYLUS, AGAMEMNON, SOPHOCLES, ELECTRA, EURIPIDES, HIPPOLYTUS). III TWO SONGS ON ATHENS (EURIPIDES, MEDEA, SOPHOCLES, OEDIPUS COLONEUS)IV SONG-SPEECH COMBINATIONS: A SURVEY; V MONODY. CREUSA'S MONODY IN EURIPIDES' ION; VI NEW MUSIC, NEW STYLES; VII LATE SOPHOCLEAN SONG: OEDIPUS COLONEUS; CHAPTER 7 The characters of Greek tragedy; I PROBLEMS AND APPROACHES; II CHARACTER TYPES, ESPECIALLY FEMALE; III THE WATCHMAN IN AESCHYLUS, AGAMEMNON; IV DECEPTIVE WOMEN: AESCHYLUS' CLYTEMNESTRA; SOPHOCLES' DEIANIRA; V NEOPTOLEMUS IN SOPHOCLES, PHILOCTETES; VI CHANGING PERSPECTIVES: EURIPIDES' HIPPOLYTUS; VII THE DRAMA OF INDECISION: MEDEA. CHAPTER 8 The irony of Greek tragedyI IRONY AND RELATED TERMS; THE ROLE OF THE GODS; EPIC BACKGROUND; II MALIGN IRONY: SCENES OF ENTRAPMENT; III IGNORANCE AND RECOGNITION; IV DIVINE MANIPULATION AND HUMAN DOWNFALL; V DIONYSUS IN THE BACCHAE; APPENDIX: METATEXTUAL IRONY; CHAPTER 9 The wisdom of Greek tragedy; I THE GENERAL AND THE GNOMIC; II NOVELTY OF THOUGHT AND IDEAS; III QUESTIONS ABOUT DEITY; IV GRANDEUR OF EXPRESSION: AESCHYLUS, AGAMEMNON, SOPHOCLES, OEDIPUS COLONEUS; V GENERAL STATEMENTS IN SOPHOCLES, AJAX; CHAPTER 10 Epilogue; Bibliography; Select index of Greek words.
An exploration of the poetic qualities of the Greek tragic dramatists Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides highlighting their similarities and differences.
English.
9781139421584 1139421581 9781139423625 (electronic bk.) 1139423622 (electronic bk.) 9780511842771 0511842775 1139411195 9781139411196 1107225701 9781107225701 1280682876 9781280682872 1139422553 9781139422550 9786613659811 6613659819 1139419536 9781139419536 1139417487 9781139417488
To 1500
Greek drama--History and criticism.
Poetics--History--To 1500.
Théâtre grec--Histoire et critique.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS--Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
DRAMA--Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Greek drama.
Poetics.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
PA3131 / .R88 2012eb
882.0109