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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792119303321

Autore

Kitzinger Rachel <1948->

Titolo

The choruses of Sophokles' Antigone and Philoktetes [[electronic resource] ] : a dance of words / / by Margaret Rachel Kitzinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2008

ISBN

1-283-06066-3

9786613060662

90-474-3286-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Collana

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature, , 0169-8958 ; ; v. 292

Disciplina

880.09

Soggetti

Drama - Chorus (Greek drama)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-142) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Materials / Margaret Rachel Kitzinger -- Chapter One. Antigone / Margaret Rachel Kitzinger -- Chapter Two. Philoktetes / Margaret Rachel Kitzinger -- Epilogue / Margaret Rachel Kitzinger -- Bibliography / Margaret Rachel Kitzinger -- Index / Margaret Rachel Kitzinger.

Sommario/riassunto

Dance of Words argues for a fundamental difference in the modes of expression of actor and chorus. The chorus views the action from the perspective of dancers and singers, while the actors' understanding is shaped by the responsibility they have to make things happen. While this responsibility fashions the actors' considerations of cause and effect, linear movement through time and space, and a sense of history, the chorus' sensibilities arise out of the rhythms of its song and movements. Its mode of expression is a particular way of communicating and elaborating on man's place in the larger order, and its view of the action is bounded by the way that song and dance mirror that order.