| Description |
1 online resource (663 p.) |
| Series |
Metaforms Series ; v.23 |
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Metaforms Series
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1 Rewriting Ancient Greek Myths -- Section 1 Antigone -- Chapter 1 Antigone's Myth in Brazilian Theater: Brief Notes -- Chapter 2 Antigone -- the Eternal Return -- Chapter 3 Pedreira das Almas (Quarry of the Souls), by Jorge Andrade -- Chapter 4 As Confrarias (The Fraternities), by Jorge Andrade: A Path to Freedom -- Chapter 5 Maria das Almas, by Rodrigo Estramanho de Almeida. A Tropical and Vicentian Antigone -- Chapter 6 Ismene, the Princess of Thebes and the (Post-)modern Páthos -- Section 2 Medea |
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Chapter 7 Castro Alves: Medea in the Slave Quarters -- Chapter 8 Nelson Rodrigues' Anjo Negro (Black Angel) or the Mirror Image of Euripides' Medea -- Chapter 9 "I Killed Your Children, I Felt Hatred and Passion for You": Euripides in Rodrigues -- Chapter 10 Submission and Transgression: A Black Medea in Brazil -- Chapter 11 Drop of Water Euripides' Medea and Its Brazilian Adaptation: A Brief Comparison -- Chapter 12 From Exile to Exile: A Dialogue between Euripides and Clara de Góes in the Play Medea en Promenade |
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Chapter 13 Jocy de Oliveira's Medea: A Poetic Gesture by a Strange Foreigner -- Kseni -- Section 3 Electra -- Chapter 14 Electra in Terra Incognita: An Analysis of Lady of the Drowned, by Nelson Rodrigues -- Section 4 Perfect Heroines: Alcestis -- Chapter 15 The Invisible Power of Death. Let the Lady in, by Jacyntho Lins Brandão -- Section 5 Bacchae -- Chapter 16 Recycling and Profanation in the Dramatic Aesthetics of Flávia, Cabeça, Tronco e Membros (Flavia, Head, Trunk and Limbs), by Millôr Fernandes -- Part 2 Translating and Performing the Classics |
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Chapter 17 Convergent Interpretations in Divergent Translations: Brazilian Translations of Antigone and the Juridical Reading of the Play -- Chapter 18 The Construction of Antigone in Klássico (com K) (Klassic (with K)): A Dialogical Process -- Chapter 19 Reading, Translating and Staging Antigone with the Help of Hölderlin's Insights -- Chapter 20 Translating Antigone for a Brazilian Stage Production -- Chapter 21 Ói Nóis Aqui Traveiz (Look at Us Here Again): Utopia and Contradiction in the Voices of Passion and Death in Antigone and Medea |
| Summary |
Greek mythical heroines are still with us! Antigone, Medea, the Trojan cycle women, Alcestis...This volume presents a survey of the reception of Greek myths in Brazilian literature and stage performance |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Index of Ancient Sources |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Macintosh, Fiona
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de Fátima Silva, Maria
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De Moraes Augusto, Maria das Graças
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Ribeiro Barbosa, Tereza Virgínia
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| ISBN |
9789004678477 |
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9004678476 |
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