Antigona By Jose Watanabe - A Bilingual Edition With Critical Essays

This book brings to English readers, in its entirety for the first time, a translation of José Watanabe's Antígona, accompanied by the original Spanish text and critical essays.

The lack of availability in English has resulted in the absence of Antígona from important Anglophone studies devoted specifically to the reception of ancient Greek tragedy in the Americas. Pérez Díaz's translation fills this gap. The introduction provides the performative, political, and historical contexts in which the text was written in collaboration with the actress Teresa Ralli, from the Peruvian theater group Yuyachkani, who also originally performed it. Following the bilingual text, a critical essay provides an analysis of textual aspects of Antígona that have been disregarded, situating it in relation to Sophocles' Antigone and in conversation with relevant moments of the vast traditions of reception of the Greek tragedy. An appendix briefly surveys some notable productions of the play throughout Latin America.

This comprehensive volume provides an invaluable resource for readers interested in José Watanabe's work, students and scholars working on classical reception and Latin American literature and theatre, as well as theatre practitioners.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Antígona: Versión libre de la tragedia de Sófocles (Bilingual Text); 3. Angles of Memory in Antígona: An Aesthetic Reading; Appendix: Productions of José Watanabe’s Antígona.

About the author

Cristina Pérez Díaz translates from Ancient Greek, Latin, and Spanish and is currently a Doctoral Candidate in Classics at Columbia University.

Summary

This book makes José Watanabe’s Antígona available to English readers for the first time, accompanied by the original Spanish text and critical essays. Suitable for those interested in José Watanabe's work and students and scholars of classical reception and Latin American literature and theatre.

Product details

• Authors: Cristina (Columbia University Perez Diaz, Cristina Pérez Díaz
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.12.2022
• EAN: 9780367713362
• ISBN: 978-0-367-71336-2
• No. of pages: 158
• Series: Classics and the Postcolonial
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Ethnic Studies, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Regional Studies, Ancient History, Regional / International studies, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, History of the Americas, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Literary studies: postcolonial literature