CSTS 257: Antigone's Echoes: Activism and the Law from Ancient Greece to Today (HC)

Classical material was traditionally used to express colonial authority, but it was also appropriated by imperial subjects to become first a means of challenging colonialism and then a rich field for creating cultural identities that blend the old and the new. Nobel prize-winners such as Derek Walcott and Seamus Heaney have rewritten classical material in their own cultural idioms. These developments are explored in this collection of essays by international scholars. Includes four chapter on writings about Antigone

This book traces modern versions and adaptations of Greek tragedies in the recent past. The 1960s were interested the recreation of the power in Greek tragedy by re-introducing its supposed ritual origins. Plays discussed include: Antigone by The Living Theatre, The Prodigal by Jack Richardson, Prometheus Bound by Robert Lowell, Heracles by Archibald MacLeish, Dionysus in '69 by The Performance Group and The Orphan by David Rabe.

This volume surveys the reception of Greek myths - including Antigone, Medea, and the Trojan cycle - in Brazilian literature and the stage. The collection addresses the work of many innovative authors, such as Jorge Andrade and Nelson Rodrigues, who are influential in this specific area of classical reception and well known by modern audiences.

The first comprehensive treatment in English of the rich and varied afterlife of classical drama across Latin America, this volume explores the myriad ways in which ancient Greek and Roman texts have been adapted, invoked and re-worked in notable modern theatrical works, while also paying particular attention to the national and local context of each play. Several essays concern the figure of Antigone.