Dramatic Action in Greek Tragedy and Noh - Reading With and Beyond Aristotle

Informationen zum Autor By Mae J. Smethurst Klappentext By looking at 15th/16th realistic noh and Greek tragedies through the lens of Aristotle and of each other, this comparison reveals a previously unnoticed relationship between the structure of the tragedies and their performance, that is, the involvement of the third actor at the climactic moments of the plot in both and the actor stepping out of character in noh. This observation helps to account for Aristotle's view that tragedy be limited to three actors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Toward a Comparative Study of the Action in Greek Tragedy and NohChapter 1: Aristotle on Tragedy: A Reading of "Iphigenia in Tauris" and "Oedipus the King"Chapter 2: The Tragic Action of Realistic Noh: Reading Noh with and beyond AristotleChapter 3: Climactic Moments: The Third Person in Realistic NohChapter 4: Climactic Moments: The Third Actor in Greek TragedyCoda: Plot, Performance, and Creative DistancesAppendix: Passages from Realistic NohBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Mae J. Smethurst
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.02.2015
• EAN: 9781498511247
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1124-7
• No. of pages: 126
• Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day