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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Ringer, Mark. Electra and the empty urn. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1998 (OCoLC)647221928 |
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| Named Person: | Sophocles; Sophocles.; Sophocle; Sophocle; Sophocle.; Sophocles; Sophocles |
| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mark Ringer |
| ISBN: | 0807823910 9780807823910 080784697X 9780807846971 |
| OCLC Number: | 37201418 |
| Description: | xi, 253 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Politics, Sophism, and deception -- Ajax: the staging of a hero -- Trachiniae: staging a double hero -- The Theban plays: illusion into reality -- Philoctetes: roles within roles, plays within a play -- Electra. |
| Responsibility: | Mark Ringer. |
Abstract:
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Sophocles -- Technique.
- Electra (Greek mythology) in literature.
- Mythology, Greek, in literature.
- Role playing in literature.
- Sophocles. -- Electra.
- Drama -- Technique.
- Tragedy.
- Tragedies.
- Grieks.
- Toneelrollen.
- Sophocle -- Critique et interprétation.
- Sophocle -- Et le théâtre.
- Sophocle. -- Électre.
- Tragédie grecque -- Histoire et critique.
- Électre (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature.
- Alceste (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature.
- Jeu de rôle dans la littérature.
- Théâtre (Genre littéraire) -- Technique.
- Sophocles -- Electra
- Sophocles
- Tragödie
- Metatheater

