The Metaphysical Quality of the Tragic : A Study of Sophokles, Giraudoux, and Sartre

by Brenda J Powell

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

Book Series American University Studies

ISBN-10 0820410683

ISBN-13 9780820410685

Publisher Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Imprint Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Dec 1st, 1989

Print length 213 Pages

Weight 366 grams

Dimensions 15.60 x 22.40 x 1.50 cms

Product Classification: Language teaching & learning (other than ELT)Plays, playscripts Literary theory

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This analysis of the nature of tragedy uses the literary theory of Polish phenomenologist Roman Ingarden (1893-1970) as a point of departure. By formulating the concept of the tragic as a metaphysical quality, this work balances an attention to textual detail with an awareness of the role of the reader in concretizing a literary work of art. The significance of this concept is demonstrated in its application to readings of a Classical Greek and two twentieth-century French versions of the Electra myth, readings which pay particular attention to the interplay of the moral and aesthetic elements in these literary masterpieces.

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