Antigone / / Slavoj Žižek ; with an introduction by Hanif Kureishi

• Autore: Žižek Slavoj
• 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.: 9910823936903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II