Guilt and Extenuation in Tragedy : Variations on Racinian Excuses.
Forman, Edward.
Guilt and Extenuation in Tragedy : Variations on Racinian Excuses. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (241 pages) - Faux Titre Series ; v.445 . - Faux Titre Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Approaches to Guilt in Tragedy and Life -- 2 Performance -- 3 Words -- 4 Phèdre -- Chapter 1 Helplessness -- 1 Fatalism in Racine -- 2 Agamemnon -- 3 The Seventeenth Century -- 4 Divine Authority -- 5 Genetic Determinism -- 6 The Sense of the Inevitable -- Chapter 2 Flaws, Errors and Excuses: Theories of Hamartia -- 1 Aristotle -- 2 Flaw versus Error -- 3 Renaissance and Pre-Classical -- 4 Racine -- 5 Hamartia Re-Assessed -- Chapter 3 Ignorance -- 1 Theories -- 2 Oedipus at Thebes and at Colonus -- 3 Deianeira -- 4 Hercules, Agave and Others -- 5 Credulity - Macbeth and Others -- 6 Phèdre -- 7 Oedipus Revisited -- Chapter 4 Diminished Responsibility: Medea and the Crime passionnel -- 1 Euripides -- 2 Early-Modern and Modern Medeas -- 3 Corneille -- Chapter 5 Provocation: The Defence of Clytemnestra -- 1 Racine -- 2 Twentieth-century France: Giraudoux and Sartre -- 3 Marguerite Yourcenar -- 4 Jean Anouilh -- 5 Jean-Jacques Varoujean, Jean-Pierre Giraudoux -- Chapter 6 Saul, King of Israel, as Tragic Hero in French Drama -- 1 Jean de la Taille -- 2 Pierre du Ryer -- 3 Augustin Nadal -- 4 Voltaire -- 5 Alphonse de Lamartine -- 6 André Gide -- Chapter 7 Scapegoats: Passing the Buck to Snakes, Partners, Parents and Others -- 1 Parents -- 2 Teachers, Advisors, Counsellors -- 3 Spouses and Other Partners -- 4 Devils and Demons -- Bibliography -- Index of Names and Subjects -- Index of Plays.
This comparative literary study re-evaluates French tragedy's impact on current approaches to guilt and extenuation. Focussing on Racine but ranging widely, it sheds original light on tragic archetypes through the lenses of performance theory and modern attitudes towards blame.
9789004442788
French drama (Tragedy)-History and criticism.
French drama-History and criticism-17th century.
Electronic books.
PQ563 .F676 2021
842.4
Guilt and Extenuation in Tragedy : Variations on Racinian Excuses. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (241 pages) - Faux Titre Series ; v.445 . - Faux Titre Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Approaches to Guilt in Tragedy and Life -- 2 Performance -- 3 Words -- 4 Phèdre -- Chapter 1 Helplessness -- 1 Fatalism in Racine -- 2 Agamemnon -- 3 The Seventeenth Century -- 4 Divine Authority -- 5 Genetic Determinism -- 6 The Sense of the Inevitable -- Chapter 2 Flaws, Errors and Excuses: Theories of Hamartia -- 1 Aristotle -- 2 Flaw versus Error -- 3 Renaissance and Pre-Classical -- 4 Racine -- 5 Hamartia Re-Assessed -- Chapter 3 Ignorance -- 1 Theories -- 2 Oedipus at Thebes and at Colonus -- 3 Deianeira -- 4 Hercules, Agave and Others -- 5 Credulity - Macbeth and Others -- 6 Phèdre -- 7 Oedipus Revisited -- Chapter 4 Diminished Responsibility: Medea and the Crime passionnel -- 1 Euripides -- 2 Early-Modern and Modern Medeas -- 3 Corneille -- Chapter 5 Provocation: The Defence of Clytemnestra -- 1 Racine -- 2 Twentieth-century France: Giraudoux and Sartre -- 3 Marguerite Yourcenar -- 4 Jean Anouilh -- 5 Jean-Jacques Varoujean, Jean-Pierre Giraudoux -- Chapter 6 Saul, King of Israel, as Tragic Hero in French Drama -- 1 Jean de la Taille -- 2 Pierre du Ryer -- 3 Augustin Nadal -- 4 Voltaire -- 5 Alphonse de Lamartine -- 6 André Gide -- Chapter 7 Scapegoats: Passing the Buck to Snakes, Partners, Parents and Others -- 1 Parents -- 2 Teachers, Advisors, Counsellors -- 3 Spouses and Other Partners -- 4 Devils and Demons -- Bibliography -- Index of Names and Subjects -- Index of Plays.
This comparative literary study re-evaluates French tragedy's impact on current approaches to guilt and extenuation. Focussing on Racine but ranging widely, it sheds original light on tragic archetypes through the lenses of performance theory and modern attitudes towards blame.
9789004442788
French drama (Tragedy)-History and criticism.
French drama-History and criticism-17th century.
Electronic books.
PQ563 .F676 2021
842.4