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TY  - BOOK
ID  - 18021976
TI  - Staged narrative
PY  - 2002
SN  - 0520231805 0520927931 9786612356582 1282356585 159734916X 9780520927933 0585419647 9780585419640 9780520231801 9781597349161 6612356588 9781282356580
PB  - Berkeley  University of California Press
DB  - UniCat
KW  - Greek drama (Tragedy)
KW  - Messengers in literature.
KW  - Narration (Rhetoric)
KW  - Rhetoric, Ancient.
KW  - History and criticism.
KW  - History
KW  - -Messengers in literature
KW  - Rhetoric, Ancient
KW  - Classical languages
KW  - Greek language
KW  - Greek rhetoric
KW  - Latin language
KW  - Latin rhetoric
KW  - Narrative (Rhetoric)
KW  - Narrative writing
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Discourse analysis, Narrative
KW  - Narratees (Rhetoric)
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Tragédie grecque
KW  - Messagers dans la littérature
KW  - Narration
KW  - Rhétorique ancienne
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - Ancient rhetoric
KW  - Messengers in literature
KW  - achilles.
KW  - aeschylus.
KW  - ancient greece.
KW  - ancient world.
KW  - arete.
KW  - athenian tragedy.
KW  - bacchae.
KW  - classicism.
KW  - drama.
KW  - electra.
KW  - epic.
KW  - epistemology.
KW  - euripides.
KW  - genre study.
KW  - gods and goddesses.
KW  - greek tragedy.
KW  - hellenism.
KW  - homer.
KW  - homeric epic.
KW  - hubris.
KW  - human knowledge.
KW  - literary ancestry.
KW  - literary criticism.
KW  - literature.
KW  - messenger.
KW  - mythology.
KW  - narrative poetics.
KW  - narrative theory.
KW  - nonfiction.
KW  - oedipus rex.
KW  - oedipus tyrannus.
KW  - oedipus.
KW  - performing arts.
KW  - persians.
KW  - poetry.
KW  - rhesos.
KW  - rhetoric.
KW  - rhetorical analysis.
KW  - sophocles.
KW  - theater.
KW  - tragedy.
KW  - tragic messenger.
UR  - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:18021976
AB  - The messenger who reports important action that has occurred offstage is a familiar inhabitant of Greek tragedy. A messenger informs us about the death of Jocasta and the blinding of Oedipus, the madness of Heracles, the slaughter of Aigisthos, and the death of Hippolytus, among other important events. Despite its prevalence, this conventional figure remains only little understood. Combining several critical approaches-narrative theory, genre study, and rhetorical analysis-this lucid study develops a synthetic view of the messenger of Greek tragedy, showing how this role illuminates some of the genre's most persistent concerns, especially those relating to language, knowledge, and the workings of tragic theater itself. James Barrett gives close readings of several plays including Aeschylus's Persians, Sophocles' Electra and Oedipus Tyrannus, and Euripides' Bacchae and Rhesos. He traces the literary ancestry of the tragic messenger, showing that the messenger's narrative constitutes an unexplored site of engagement with Homeric epic, and that the role illuminates fifth-century b.c. experimentation with modes of speech. Breaking new ground in the study of Athenian tragedy, Barrett deepens our understanding of many central texts and of a form of theater that highlights the fragility and limits of human knowledge, a theme explored by its use of the messenger.
ER  -