Sophocles' tragic world : divinity, nature, society /
Segal, Charles, 1936-2002,
Sophocles' tragic world : divinity, nature, society / Charles Segal. - 1 online resource (xii, 276 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Drama and Perspective in Ajax -- 2. Myth, Poetry, and Heroic Values in the Trachinian Women -- 3. Time, Oracles, and Marriage in the Trachinian Women -- 4. Philoctetes and the Imperishable Piety -- 5. Lament and Closure in Antigone -- 6. Time and Knowledge in the Tragedy of Oedipus -- 7. Freud, Language, and the Unconscious -- 8. The Gods and the Chorus: Zeus in Oedipus Tyrannus -- 9. Earth in Oedipus Tyrannus -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index
Annotation Much has been written about the heroic figures of Sophocles' powerful dramas. Now Charles Segal focuses our attention not on individual heroes and heroines, but on the world that inspired and motivated their actions--a universe of family, city, nature, and the supernatural. He shows how these ancient masterpieces offer insight into the abiding question of tragedy: how one can make sense of a world that involves so much apparently meaningless violence and suffering. In a series of engagingly written interconnected essays, Segal studies five of Sophocles' seven extant plays: Ajax , Oedipus Tyrannus , Philoctetes , Antigone , and the often neglected Trachinian Women . He examines the language and structure of the plays from several interpretive perspectives, drawing both on traditional philological analysis and on current literary and cultural theory. He pays particular attention to the mythic and ritual backgrounds of the plays, noting Sophocles' reinterpretation of the ancient myths. His delineation of the heroes and their tragedies encompasses their relations with city and family, conflicts between men and women, defiance of social institutions, and the interaction of society, nature, and the gods. Segal's analysis sheds new light on Sophocles' plays--among the most widely read works of classical literature--and on their implications for Greek views on the gods, moral life, and sexuality.
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Sophocles--Criticism and interpretation.
Sophocles
Sophocle, (0496?-0406 av. J.-C.) --Critique et interprétation.
Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.
Religious drama, Greek--History and criticism.
Literature and society--Greece.
Gods, Greek, in literature.
Nature in literature.
Tragédie grecque--Histoire et critique.
Théâtre religieux grec--Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société--Grèce.
Dieux grecs dans la littérature.
Nature dans la littérature.
DRAMA--Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
DRAMA--Ancient & Classical.
Gods, Greek, in literature
Greek drama (Tragedy)
Literature and society
Nature in literature
Religious drama, Greek
Tragédie grecque--Histoire et critique.
Théâtre religieux--Histoire et critique.--Grèce
Litt érature et société--Grèce.
Dieux grecs--Dans la littérature.
Nature--Dans la littérature.
Greece
Greek drama
Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
PA4417 / .S46 1998eb
882.2
Sophocles' tragic world : divinity, nature, society / Charles Segal. - 1 online resource (xii, 276 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Drama and Perspective in Ajax -- 2. Myth, Poetry, and Heroic Values in the Trachinian Women -- 3. Time, Oracles, and Marriage in the Trachinian Women -- 4. Philoctetes and the Imperishable Piety -- 5. Lament and Closure in Antigone -- 6. Time and Knowledge in the Tragedy of Oedipus -- 7. Freud, Language, and the Unconscious -- 8. The Gods and the Chorus: Zeus in Oedipus Tyrannus -- 9. Earth in Oedipus Tyrannus -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index
Annotation Much has been written about the heroic figures of Sophocles' powerful dramas. Now Charles Segal focuses our attention not on individual heroes and heroines, but on the world that inspired and motivated their actions--a universe of family, city, nature, and the supernatural. He shows how these ancient masterpieces offer insight into the abiding question of tragedy: how one can make sense of a world that involves so much apparently meaningless violence and suffering. In a series of engagingly written interconnected essays, Segal studies five of Sophocles' seven extant plays: Ajax , Oedipus Tyrannus , Philoctetes , Antigone , and the often neglected Trachinian Women . He examines the language and structure of the plays from several interpretive perspectives, drawing both on traditional philological analysis and on current literary and cultural theory. He pays particular attention to the mythic and ritual backgrounds of the plays, noting Sophocles' reinterpretation of the ancient myths. His delineation of the heroes and their tragedies encompasses their relations with city and family, conflicts between men and women, defiance of social institutions, and the interaction of society, nature, and the gods. Segal's analysis sheds new light on Sophocles' plays--among the most widely read works of classical literature--and on their implications for Greek views on the gods, moral life, and sexuality.
9780674043428 0674043421 9780674821019 0674821017
9780674821019
22573/ctvjj296k JSTOR
000011604863 AU
Sophocles--Criticism and interpretation.
Sophocles
Sophocle, (0496?-0406 av. J.-C.) --Critique et interprétation.
Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.
Religious drama, Greek--History and criticism.
Literature and society--Greece.
Gods, Greek, in literature.
Nature in literature.
Tragédie grecque--Histoire et critique.
Théâtre religieux grec--Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société--Grèce.
Dieux grecs dans la littérature.
Nature dans la littérature.
DRAMA--Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
DRAMA--Ancient & Classical.
Gods, Greek, in literature
Greek drama (Tragedy)
Literature and society
Nature in literature
Religious drama, Greek
Tragédie grecque--Histoire et critique.
Théâtre religieux--Histoire et critique.--Grèce
Litt érature et société--Grèce.
Dieux grecs--Dans la littérature.
Nature--Dans la littérature.
Greece
Greek drama
Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
PA4417 / .S46 1998eb
882.2