The hero as political problem: the conflict between identity and alterity in the theater of Dionysus
The main goal of the present text is to show that the conflict between identity and alterity played a key role in Greek tragedy. For this purpose I will first discuss the links between Greek tragedy and Dionysus, to whom tragedy was originally dedicated, trying to uncover common traits. Then, I will...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Faculdade de São Bento (FSB) |
| Repositorio: | Hypnos |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.hypnos.org.br:article/600 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hypnos.org.br/index.php/hypnos/article/view/600 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | tragedy hero politics Antigone Tragedia héroe política Antígona |
| Sumario: | The main goal of the present text is to show that the conflict between identity and alterity played a key role in Greek tragedy. For this purpose I will first discuss the links between Greek tragedy and Dionysus, to whom tragedy was originally dedicated, trying to uncover common traits. Then, I will highlight points of continuity between archaic epos and the heroic ideal in tragedies. Lastly, I will bring together some of the ideas developed in the text, so as to test them against one of the tragedies, Antigone. |
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