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Autore: |
Žižek Slavoj
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Titolo: |
Antigone / / Slavoj Žižek ; with an introduction by Hanif Kureishi
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Pubblicazione: | London, England : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , [2016] |
©2016 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (66 pages) |
Disciplina: | 882.01 |
Soggetto topico: | Philosophy |
Theater | |
Playwriting | |
Drama | |
Criticism | |
Classificazione: | PHI000000PER011030DRA006000LIT013000 |
Persona (resp. second.): | KureishiHanif |
Nota di contenuto: | Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- Play -- Postscript -- Index. |
Sommario/riassunto: | "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. "-- |
Titolo autorizzato: | Antigone ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-4742-6939-7 |
1-4742-6938-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910798629203321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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