Greek Drama

图书标准信息

• 作者 Moses Hadas（摩西·哈达） 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 1983-12
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553212211
• 定价 25.40元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 337页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Bantam Classics

【内容简介】

Inpower,passion,andthebrilliantdisplayofmoralconflict,thedramaofancientGreeceremainsunsurpassed.Forthisvolume,ProfessorHadaschosenineplayswhichdisplaythediversityandgrandeuroftragedy,andthecriticalandsatiricgeniusofcomedy,inoutstandingtranslationsofthepastandpresent.Hisintroductionexploresthereligiousorigins,modesofproductions,structure,andconventionsoftheGreektheater,individualprefacesilluminateeachplayandclarifytheauthor'splaceinthecontinuityofGreekdrama.

【作者简介】

AESCHYLUS:Acompletefifth-centuryAthenian,hewasthecreatorofherproudestartisticachievement,tragedy.Byusingmorethanoneactorhechangedtheformofplaysfromrecitedpoetrytotruedramaticdialogue,therebymakingpossiblethesweepinggrandeurofhisgreattrilogy,THEORESTEIA.

SOPHOCLES:ThemostpopulartragedianoftheGoldenAge,heexpandedthescopeofclassicdramabyhistechnicalinnovationsandlyricintensity,leavingtheworldsuchmasterpiecesasANTIGONEandOEDIPUSTHEKING,theplayAristotlecalledtheperfectmodelofGreektragedy.

EURIPIDES:Aprolificauthor,Euripideswrotesomeonehundredplays.Incontrasttohiscontemporaries,hebroughtanexciting-and,totheGreeks,astunning-realismtothe"pureandnoble"formoftragedy.Hisinfluencealtereddramaforever,andheisregardedtodayastheoriginatorofmoderndramaticsensibility.

ARISTOPHANES:ThemostfamouscomicplaywrightofancientGreece,hewrotewhatarenowtheonlyextantrepresentativeofGreekOldComedy.Histhreeoutstandingcharacteristics-grossobscenity,exquisitelyricism,andaseriousconcernfordecencyandmorality-mayseemastrangecombinationtothemodernreader.Aristophanesisstillregardedbymodernaudiencesasamasterofrisquéwitandbrilliantcomicinvention.