عنوان

Catharsis, trauma and war in Greek tragedy :

شماره

TLets643565

عنوان اصلي

Catharsis, trauma and war in Greek tragedy :

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Shannon, Peggy

عنوان اصلي به قلم نويسنده ديگر

an inquiry into the therapeutic potential of Greek tragedy with special reference to the female experience

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Royal Holloway, University of London

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2015

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Thesis (Ph.D.)

امتياز متن

2015

متن يادداشت

My research applies ancient Greek drama as a lens to examine gender, war, and the potential for catharsis and emotional healing through narrative engagement and situational recognition. Three modernised ancient Greek plays representing a multi-national approach to live performance serve as Case Studies. They include: Velina Hasu Houston's The Intuition of Iphigenia, Judith Thompson's Elektra in Bosnia, and Timberlake Wertenbaker's Ajax in Afghanistan. I investigate whether performances of Greek tragedy remain capable of producing cathartic affect in spectators. My research questions the nature of war-related traumatic experiences for contemporary women and how these experiences have been represented in new productions of ancient Greek plays during a backdrop of war. By interrogating a link between the ancient characters and contemporary women in and around war, I am able to argue that Iphigenia's 'sacrifice', Elektra and Clytemnestra's hunger for retribution, Athena's decision to punish Ajax by 'scrambling his brain', and Tecmessa's secondary trauma as the spouse of a soldier suffering PTSD serve as effective models for the examination of contemporary trauma experienced by women. I argue that the cathartic and therapeutic potential of Greek tragedy remains viable in modernity. Zeitlin's theory of 'emotional surrogacy', Street's theory of 'primary trauma', Dekel's theory of 'secondary trauma', and Shay's theory of 'situational recognition' frame my investigation.

موضوع مستند نشده

Greek Tragedy ; Gender ; War ; Healing ; Trauma

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Shannon, Peggy

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

Royal Holloway, University of London

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y