The Character: From Myth to Theatre. The Question of Identity in Greek Tragedy.
The Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 29895 |
| Format | 15 x 21.5 |
| Détails | 366 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2009 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251324562 |
When contemporary theatre speaks of the crisis of the character, of its deconstruction, it is not useless to look at its constitution through the founding example of Greek tragedy, to question the supposed uniqueness of the character.
This is the subject of Lucie Thévenet's book. It reveals the tension that, in Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, is created between the different elements of the myth and the passage to the stage, then, from play to play, in the paths drawn by the reuse of the same mythological characters and the echoes of their trajectories.
In the labyrinth of the self, a guiding thread: reading the passages in which the character states his own identity, with the idea that the words about personal identity, affirmed or denied according to the type of scene, provide information on the construction of the character, in his journey from myth to theatre, even in the development of his very tragic dimension.
Lucie Thévenet holds a PhD in Ancient Greek Language and Literature from the University of Caen. Her research focuses on Greek tragedy, which has led her to teach ancient theater in the literature and performing arts departments. A graduate in classical literature, she currently teaches French in secondary schools and Greek at university.
When contemporary theatre speaks of the crisis of the character, of its deconstruction, it is not useless to look at its constitution through the founding example of Greek tragedy, to question the supposed uniqueness of the character.
This is the subject of Lucie Thévenet's book. It reveals the tension that, in Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, is created between the different elements of the myth and the passage to the stage, then, from play to play, in the paths drawn by the reuse of the same mythological characters and the echoes of their trajectories.
In the labyrinth of the self, a guiding thread: reading the passages in which the character states his own identity, with the idea that the words about personal identity, affirmed or denied according to the type of scene, provide information on the construction of the character, in his journey from myth to theatre, even in the development of his very tragic dimension.
Lucie Thévenet holds a PhD in Ancient Greek Language and Literature from the University of Caen. Her research focuses on Greek tragedy, which has led her to teach ancient theater in the literature and performing arts departments. A graduate in classical literature, she currently teaches French in secondary schools and Greek at university.