The Politics of Adaptation Contemporary African Drama and Greek Tragedy
This book explores contemporary African adaptations of classical Greek tragedies. Six South African and Nigerian dramatic texts - by Yael Farber, Mark Fleishman, Athol Fugard, Femi Osofisan, and Wole Soyinka - are analysed through the thematic lens of resistance, revolution, reconciliation, and mour...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Editions Rodopi
2013.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Cross/Cultures ; v.165. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b30795023*spi |
| Sumario: | This book explores contemporary African adaptations of classical Greek tragedies. Six South African and Nigerian dramatic texts - by Yael Farber, Mark Fleishman, Athol Fugard, Femi Osofisan, and Wole Soyinka - are analysed through the thematic lens of resistance, revolution, reconciliation, and mourning. The opening chapters focus on plays that mobilize Greek tragedy to inspire political change, discussing how Sophocles' heroine Antigone is reconfigured as a freedom fighter and how Euripides' Dionysos is transformed into a revolutionary leader. The later chapters shift the focus to plays that ex. |
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| Descripción Física: | 263 p. |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
