The Metamorphoses of Ancient Myths

ISBN-13: 9783631673720 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 263 str.

Malgorzata Budzowska;Burc Idem Dincel;Jadwiga Czerwinska

Opis

This book gives a comprehensive overview of the phenomenon of artistic dialogue with ancient myths. The contributions assume a double-track research approach. The contributors investigate the procedure of myths' recycling within Greco-Roman antiquity, and they consider modern re-occupations of myths in dramatic literature and theatre. Providing various examples of myths' reception from antiquity to present days, this book confirms the persistent human need of re-mythization.

Spis treści

Myth - Scholia - Greek tragedy - Byzantine epigram - Pliny the Elder - Cicero - Seneca - Seferis' existential poetry - Goll's postdramatic theatre - Müller - Irish drama - Mouawad's play - Jelinek - refugees' crisis - Staging death - Decorum - Polish theatre - German theatre - Terzopoulos' theatre

O autorze

Malgorzata Budzowska is Assistant Professor at Classics Faculty, University of Lodz. She is author of books and articles regarding reception of ancient myths in modern and contemporary drama and theatre.

Burç Idem Dinçel researches Drama at Trinity College Dublin and is author of a book and many articles on Beckett and essays on Attic tragedy.

Jadwiga Czerwinska is Full Professor and Chair of Romance Studies, University of Lodz. She is author of books and articles on Euripides' tragedy and ancient philosophy.

Katarzyna Chizynska is Assistant Professor at Classics Faculty, University of Lodz. Her research interest is focused on scholia and theatrical practises of ancient theatre.