Tragic Narrative
Subtitle: A Narratological Study of Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus (Untersuchungen Zur Antiken Literatur Und Geschichte, Bd. 63)
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: August 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9783110174014
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literary theory; Plays & playwrights: classical, early & medieval; To 1500; Oedipus (Greek mythology) in l; History - General History; Ancient (Classical) Greek; Literary Criticism; Rhetoric, Ancient; Oedipus (Greek mythology) in literature; Ancient - General; History; General; Narration (Rhetoric); Oedipus at Colonus; Sophocles
First sentence: This chapter will argue that in view of the special parameters for an application of narratology to Greek tragedy drama presents a wide range of ploys to compensate for the narrative restrictions of the genre, so much resented by Italian film director, Michelangelo Antonioni.