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UNINA9910785372003321 |
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Autore |
Lamari Anna A |
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Narrative, intertext, and space in Euripides' Phoenissae [[electronic resource] /] / by Anna A. Lamari |
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Berlin, : Walter de Gruyter, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-88519-7 |
9786612885198 |
3-11-024593-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (262 p.) |
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Collana |
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Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; ; v. 6 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Narration (Rhetoric) |
Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) in literature |
Thebes (Greece) In literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Theorizing tragic narration -- Retelling the past, shaping the future: onstage narrative and offstage allusions (1-689) -- Violating expectations: offstage narrative and the play's open end (670-1766) -- Intertextuality -- Space -- Conclusions -- Myth for all: the play's flexi-narrative -- Appendix I: the trilogy -- Appendix II: the text. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Euripides' Phoenissae bears one of the richest tragic plots: multiple narrative levels are interwoven by means of various anachronies, focalizers offer different and often challenging points of view, while a complex mythical matrix is deftly employed as the backdrop against which the exploration of the mechanics of tragic narrative takes place. After providing a critical perspective on the ongoing scholarly dialogue regarding narratology and drama, this book uses the former as a working tool for the study and interpretation of the latter. The Phoenissae is approached as a coherent narrative unit and issues like the use of myth, narrators, intertext, time and space are discussed in detail. It is within these contexts that the play is seen as a Theban mythical 'thesaurus' both exploring previous mythical ramifications and making new additions. The result is rewarding: Euripides constructs a handbook of the Theban saga that was informative for those mythically |
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