Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/d0oT1B Narrative, Intertext, and Space in Euripides' Phoenissae By: Anna A. Lamari Publisher: De Gruyter Print ISBN: 9783110245929, 3110245922 eText ISBN: 9783110245936, 3110245930 Edition: 1st Copyright year: 2010 Format: PDF Available from $ 154.00 USD SKU 9783110245936 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.
