02639nam 2200529 450 991079862920332120231215165752.01-4742-6939-71-4742-6938-9(CKB)3710000000856763(MiAaPQ)EBC4683181(MiAaPQ)EBC6164760(EXLCZ)99371000000085676320200723d2016 uy dengurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierAntigone /Slavoj Žižek ; with an introduction by Hanif KureishiLondon, England :Bloomsbury Academic,[2016]©20161 online resource (66 pages)1-4742-6937-0 Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- Play -- Postscript -- Index."While it is common practice in contemporary theatre to re-contextualize a piece of work, the riskier--and Slavoj Zizek would argue more faithful--approach might be to change the actual story itself. Zizek's Antigone not only re-positions Antigone as a revolutionary political figure, it alters the narrative of the play itself. As Zizek puts it himself in the introduction to the play, 'Only one thing is sure: sticking to the traditional letter is the safest way to betray the spirit of the classic'. Philosophers have long been preoccupied with Antigone--Kierkegaard, Hegel, Plato and Judith Butler to name but a few--but never before has a philosopher had the audacity to throw fidelity to the wind and re-write one of the most classic plays in the history of theatre. This lack of fidelity is, of course, precisely the point: not only is this a fascinating new play in its own right, it is a political work calling into question our ideas of reverence to the canon, fidelity to the text and the notion of what 'faithfulness' might really mean. A brilliantly funny, moving and political play for those who are interested in reading and watching Antigone in a new way. "--Provided by publisher.PhilosophyTheaterPlaywritingDramaCriticismPhilosophy.Theater.Playwriting.Drama.Criticism.882.01PHI000000PER011030DRA006000LIT013000bisacshŽižek Slavoj171480Kureishi HanifMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798629203321Antigone3722531UNINA