Tragedy and AfterMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1984 M08 1 - 234 páginas "Faas has written a provocative book, challenging the familiar literary and philosophical theories of tragedy from Aristotle onwards. His judicious use of nietzschean insights both stimulates and compels assent. Exuberant scholarship from first page to last." Irving Layton |
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... play's plot is properly unified , we may learn to understand in its proper context of cause and effect what at first surprised us . As a result we may become more dispassionate when confronted with similar matters in real life . Finally ...
... play's plot is properly unified , we may learn to understand in its proper context of cause and effect what at first surprised us . As a result we may become more dispassionate when confronted with similar matters in real life . Finally ...
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... play or of Apollo in Euripides ' Orestes . For the affinity here stems not from an accidentally shared oddity of incident or characterization . Instead , it forms part of the way in which the two plays , though separated by many ...
... play or of Apollo in Euripides ' Orestes . For the affinity here stems not from an accidentally shared oddity of incident or characterization . Instead , it forms part of the way in which the two plays , though separated by many ...
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... play , the right thing is “ to endeavour always after the necessary or the probable ; so that whenever such - and - such a personage says or does such - and - such a thing , it shall be the necessary or probable outcome of his character ...
... play , the right thing is “ to endeavour always after the necessary or the probable ; so that whenever such - and - such a personage says or does such - and - such a thing , it shall be the necessary or probable outcome of his character ...
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... play . A revolutionary willingly has himself executed for failing in his mission , while a Control Chorus praises the four agitators for taking the right measures in killing their comrade . " Only if instructed by reality can we / Alter ...
... play . A revolutionary willingly has himself executed for failing in his mission , while a Control Chorus praises the four agitators for taking the right measures in killing their comrade . " Only if instructed by reality can we / Alter ...
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... play which Brecht admired greatly . Upon realizing what he had produced , Brecht tried to do his best to camouflage the “ tragic ” elements in his play , but to neither his nor the critics ' full satisfaction . From Mother Courage to ...
... play which Brecht admired greatly . Upon realizing what he had produced , Brecht tried to do his best to camouflage the “ tragic ” elements in his play , but to neither his nor the critics ' full satisfaction . From Mother Courage to ...
Contenido
3 | |
The Birth of Tragedy | 25 |
Towards Antitragedy | 42 |
Towards Posttragedy | 54 |
The Theoretical Background | 76 |
From Tragic to Antitragic Closure | 93 |
Hamlet or the SlaveMoralist Turned Ascetic Priest | 111 |
The Posttragic Vision of Romance | 129 |
From King Lear to The Two Noble Kinsmen | 141 |
Goethes Transcendence of Tragedy | 155 |
Tragedy and Psychology | 176 |
Conclusion | 189 |
NOTES | 192 |
INDEX | 216 |
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