CSTS/COML 212: Refashioning the Classics: Dramatization and Illustration (HC)

Hollywood epics, animated movies, avant-garde features - all have turned to classical antiquity for inspiration. Through analysis of ten influential films, this book examines the representation of Greece and Rome in popular and art-house cinema.

See the essay "Film Studies" by Pantelis Michelakis in this collection of overview essays.

Discusses the performance of Greek drama in the Americas from the nineteenth century to the present. With contributions from classicists, Latin American specialists, theatre and performance theorists, and historians, the Handbook also includes interviews with key writers, including Derek Walcott, Charles Mee, and Anne Carson, and leading theatre directors.

Offers original essays that represent an overview of the global reception of ancient Greek drama from antiquity to the present. Covers the translation, transmission, performance, production, and adaptation of Greek tragedy from ancient Athens through the 21st century. Includes chapters covering Greek drama in modern opera and film.

Written for students of film and television as well as those interested in Classical studies, this book provides comprehensive, current thinking on how the depiction of Ancient Greece and Rome on screen has developed over the past century. It reviews how films of the ancient world mirrored shifting attitudes towards aesthetics and cultural history.