Adrian Poole
Autor de Tragedy: A Very Short Introduction
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Christian Theology and Tragedy (Ashgate Studies in Theology, Imagination and the Arts) (2011) — Contribuidor — 10 copias
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Most of my experience with classical tragedy comes from Shakespeare, but beyond that I have never made a real study of tragedy itself. The subject and its application to contemporary literature; such as that of Joyce Carol Oates, intrigues me.
What interested me most was the various elements and aspects of tragedy that might be applicable to contemporary literature (I was less interested in how it might apply to our contemporary overuse? of the word in the news, though that is touched upon), so I will cherry pick, and mention some of these 'aspects' for your own cerebral stimulation. (was the last book you called a tragedy, really so?)
Classical tragedy is concerned with ideas of fate, fortune and chance (which can be linked to our modern concept of accident)
Classic tragedy, often said to have ended with the 17th century, is concerned with Gods, collective myth, public figures, and poetry.
Tragedy is full of ghosts, not all materialize. “...tragedy always deals with toxic matter bequeathed from the past to the present. In personal terms, this often means what mothers and fathers have passed on to their children in the form of duties, loyalties, passions and injuries.”
There are many kinds of scapegoats in tragedy. Scapegoats are meant to solve the problems of guilt or innocence, but in tragedy they raise questions about the process of judgement by which blame is affixed and punsihment executed.”
Tragedy explores pain and our ideas of it. “Yet is it not so much the pain my pain or yours with which tragedy is concerned... It is the pain of others, and the painful questions to which this gives rise: such as “whose business is it?”
This is just a few teaser tidbits. Despite it's construction, I do recommend the book as an introduction.… (más)