Electra and the Empty Urn: Metatheater and Role Playing in SophoclesUniv of North Carolina Press, 1998 - 253 pages Metatheater, or "theater within theater," is a critical approach often used in studies of Shakespearian or modern drama. Breaking new ground in the study of ancient Greek tragedy, Mark Ringer applies the concept of metatheatricality to the work of Sophocl |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Metatheater and the Greeks | 7 |
Politics Sophism and Deception | 21 |
Gorgias | 27 |
Ajax The Staging of a Hero | 31 |
Trachniae Staging a Double Hero | 51 |
The Theban Plays Illusion into Reality | 67 |
Antigone | 68 |
Electra | 127 |
Electra and the Eccyclema of Logos | 146 |
Chrysothemis and Clytemnestra | 152 |
Lying Words | 161 |
Electra Rewrites Her Play | 172 |
Nothing into Nothing | 185 |
The Unshakable Hounds | 199 |
Notes | 213 |
Oedipus Tyrannus | 78 |
Oedipus at Colonus | 90 |
Philoctetes Roles within Roles Plays within a Play | 101 |
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Electra and the Empty Urn: Metatheater and Role Playing in Sophocles Mark Ringer Limited preview - 2000 |
Electra and the Empty Urn: Metatheater and Role Playing in Sophocles Mark Ringer No preview available - 1998 |
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