عنوان

Tragic modernities /

شابک

0674743938

شابک

9780674743939

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

Tragic modernities /

نام عام مواد

[Book]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Miriam Leonard

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xiii, 204 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

24 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references ( pages 187-196) and index

متن يادداشت

Tragedy and revolution -- Tragedy and metaphysics -- Tragedy and history -- Tragedy and gender -- Tragedy and subjectivity

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

The ancient Greek tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides have long been considered foundational works of Western literature, revered for the aesthetic perfection and timeless truths. Under the microscope of recent scholarship, however, the presumed universality of Greek tragedy has started to fade, as the particularities of Athenian culture have come into sharper focus. The world revealed is so far removed from modern sensabilities that, in the eyes of many, tragedy's viability as a modern art form has been fatally undermined. Tragic Modernities steers a new course between the uncritical appreciation and the resolute historicism of the past two centuries, to explore the continuing relevance of tradegy in contemporary life. Through the writings of such influential figures as Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud, tragedy became a crucial reference point for philosophical and intellectual arguments. These thinkers turned to Greek tragedy in particular to support their claims about history, revolution, gender, and sexuality. From Freud's Oedipus complex to Nietzsche's Dionysiac, from Hegel's dialectics to Marx's alienation, tragedy provided the key terms and mental architecture of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. By highlighting the philosophical significance of tragedy, Miriam Leonard makes a compelling case for the ways tragedy has shaped the experience of modernity and elucidates why modern conceptualizations of tragedy necessarily color our understanding of antiquity. Exceptional in its scope and argument, Tragic Modernities contests the idea of the death of tragedy and argues powerfully for the continued vitality of Greek tragic theater in the central debates of contemporary culture. -- from dust jacket

موضوع مستند نشده

Tragedy

موضوع مستند نشده

Tragic, The

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Leonard, Miriam

تاريخ عمليات

20160322101931.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y