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Choral Identity and the Chorus of Elders in Greek Tragedy (Hardcover)
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Choral Identity and the Chorus of Elders in Greek Tragedy (Hardcover)
Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
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Debate concerning the extent to which the tragic chorus is marginal
to the dramatic action has prevailed in discussions of choral
identity and, more broadly, Greek tragedy as a whole, since the
time of Aristotle. Furthermore, it is supposed that choruses not
tied to the role of Athenian military-age men are all the more
marginal. Yet choral identity challenges our understanding of the
ancient Greek tragic chorus and thus of Greek tragedy as a whole
because the dramatic identities of tragic choruses are, with few
exceptions, so different from the identities of the plays' external
audiences. Choral Identity and the Chorus of Elders in Greek
Tragedy presents U.S. Dhuga's radical reappraisal of the ancient
Greek tragic chorus. Through a close reading of the speech, song,
and choreography among choruses of old men, Dhuga overturns
previous assumptions about the chorus of elders, arguing that their
decrepitude and supposed low social rank resulted in the
historically dismissive view of the chorus of elders. This book
demonstrates that choruses of elders are instead remarkably central
to the tragic action. Dhuga guides us through detailed yet readable
analyses of the choruses in Sophocles' Oedipus Coloneus and
Antigone, Euripides' Heraclidae and Hercules Furens, and Aeschylus'
Agamemnon. Through these works, Dhuga broadens our understanding of
the ongoing, if not increasing, importance that the chorus commands
in Greek tragedy. Choral Identity and the Chorus of Elders in Greek
Tragedy is a must-read for anyone who wants a more complete
understanding of the power and complexity of Greek tragedy."
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