Superheroes And Greek Tragedy
Subtitle: Comparing Cultural Icons
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: June 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 545
ISBN-13: 9780773457768
Subjects: Prose & writers: classical, early & medieval; Literary Criticism; Plays / Drama; Ancient (Classical) Greek; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Ancient and Classical; Drama; Greek drama (Tragedy); Heroes in literature; Heroes in motion pictures; History and criticism
Description: This study examines primary texts such as the "Iliad" and "Cyropaedia" to set the viewing parameters of Athenian ideology, then considers how heroes like Oedipus and Iphigenia might "look like heroes" to their original audience. This "affective hero", unlike the structuralist hero, reflects the audience's self-image back onto itself and reveals surprising insights into culture.