Barker, Elton
(2011). Possessing an unbridled tongue’: speaking back in Euripides’ Orestes.
In: Carter, David ed.
Why Athens? A Reappraisal of Tragic Politics.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Abstract
This chapter reassesses how tragedy is political: rather than focussing only on tragedy’s subject matter and the extent of its political or democratic referentiality, it draws attention to the language and form used, and the process through which an audience are invited to go by virtue of a play’s discourse and structure. Taking Euripides's Orestes as a case study, it examines instances of frank speech in conjuncture with the play’s formal structure in order to bring out Euripides’ thematisation of dissent and assess the repercussions that follow for thinking about tragedy’s politics more generally.
| Item Type: |
Book Chapter
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| Copyright Holders: |
2011 Oxford University Press |
| ISBN: |
0-19-956232-6, 978-0-19-956232-9 |
| Keywords: |
Euripides; Orestes; tragedy; politics; Athens; free speech; parrhesia |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Arts > Classical Studies |
| Item ID: |
29851 |
| Depositing User: |
Elton Barker
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| Date Deposited: |
20 Oct 2011 14:52 |
| Last Modified: |
25 Oct 2012 14:38 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/29851 |
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