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Figures of Play: Greek Drama and Metafictional Poetics Book

Figures of Play : Hardback : Oxford University Press Inc : 9780195116588 : 0195116585 : 14 Dec 2000 : This study explores the reflexive aspects of ancient theatrical culture across genres. The "syntax"" of drama is shown to involve specific ""figures of play"" through which the theatrical medium turns back on itself to study the various contexts of its production."Read More

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    Figures of Play explores the reflexive aspects of ancient theatrical culture across genres. A range of metafictional strategies is identified and shown to contribute to a selection of individual tragedies and comedies, as well as to the ongoing dialogue between genres. From Euripides' reinvention of Dionysos as a theatrical god to the a series of tragedies "recycled" by Aristophanes, reflexive sophisticaltion is foregrounded as an originary feature of Greek drama.

  • 0195116585
  • 9780195116588
  • Gregory W. Dobrov
  • 5 August 1999
  • OUP USA
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 248
  • 1st Edition.
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