TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lamari,Anna A.
TI  - Narrative, Intertext, and Space in Euripides' "Phoenissae"
T2  - Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes ,
SN  - 9783110245929
U1  - 882/.01 
PY  - 2010///]
CY  - Berlin, Boston : 
PB  - De Gruyter, 
KW  - Euripides
KW  - Griechische Tragödie
KW  - Interpretation
KW  - Narratologie
KW  - Phoenissae
KW  - DRAMA / Ancient & Classical
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Greek Tragedy
KW  - Narratology
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Chapter 1. Theorizing tragic narration --; Chapter 2. Retelling the past, shaping the future: Onstage narrative and offstage allusions (Phoenissae 1-689) --; Chapter 3. Violating expectations: Offstage narrative and the play’s open end (Phoenissae 690-1766) --; Chapter 4. Intertextuality --; Chapter 5. Space --; Conclusions. Myth for all: the play’s flexi-narrative --; Backmatter; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - Euripides’ Phoenissae bears one of the richest tragic plots: multiple narrative levels are interwoven by means of various anachronies, focalizers offer different and often challenging points of view, while a complex mythical matrix is deftly employed as the backdrop against which the exploration of the mechanics of tragic narrative takes place. After providing a critical perspective on the ongoing scholarly dialogue regarding narratology and drama, this book uses the former as a working tool for the study and interpretation of the latter. The Phoenissae is approached as a coherent narrative unit and issues like the use of myth, narrators, intertext, time and space are discussed in detail. It is within these contexts that the play is seen as a Theban mythical ‛thesaurus’ both exploring previous mythical ramifications and making new additions. The result is rewarding: Euripides constructs a handbook of the Theban saga that was informative for those mythically untrained, fascinating for those theatrically demanding, but also dexterously open upon each one’s reception
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110245936
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110245936
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110245936/original
ER  -