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Irish Appropriation of Greek Tragedy (Paperback, New edition)
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Irish Appropriation of Greek Tragedy (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Carysfort Press Ltd.
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This book presents an analysis of more than 30 plays written by
Irish dramatists and poets that are based on the tragedies of
Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus. These plays proceed from the
time of Yeats and Synge through MacNeice and the Longfords on to
many of today's leading writers. A special feature of the book is
that, in order to cater for these who may know little about Greek
tragedy, it begins with a chapter entitled 'A Brief Reading of
Greek Tragedy', and then, in regard to each Greek play analysed, it
presents a mini-essay on that play, before coming to the Irish
version(s) of it. Three features of these Irish appropriations
stand out. Firstly, there are three methods of using a Greek
tragedy: straight translation, which requires us to interrogate the
original play; version, which preserves the invariant core of the
original, but which can add or subtract material; loose adaptation,
which often moves the action into the modern world. Secondly, there
is a considerable stress on Sophocles whose emphasis on the theme
of recognition resonates in a postcolonial society that must define
itself. Thirdly, there is a considerable stress on the experience
of women - such as Antigone and Medea - that can relate to the
position of women in Irish society after independence.
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