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Narrative, Intertext, and Space in Euripides' "Phoenissae" (Hardcover)
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Narrative, Intertext, and Space in Euripides' "Phoenissae" (Hardcover)
Series: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes
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Euripides' Phoenissae bears one of the richest tragic plots:
multiple narrative levels are interwoven by means of various
anachronies, focalizers offer different and often challenging
points of view, while a complex mythical matrix is deftly employed
as the backdrop against which the exploration of the mechanics of
tragic narrative takes place. After providing a critical
perspective on the ongoing scholarly dialogue regarding narratology
and drama, this book uses the former as a working tool for the
study and interpretation of the latter. The Phoenissae is
approached as a coherent narrative unit and issues like the use of
myth, narrators, intertext, time and space are discussed in detail.
It is within these contexts that the play is seen as a Theban
mythical 'thesaurus' both exploring previous mythical ramifications
and making new additions. The result is rewarding: Euripides
constructs a handbook of the Theban saga that was informative for
those mythically untrained, fascinating for those theatrically
demanding, but also dexterously open upon each one's reception.
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