Portraits of Medea in Portugal during the 20th and 21st Centuries
Portraits of Medea in Portugal during the 20th and 21st Centuries
Andrés Pociña Pérez, Aurora López, Carlos Ferreira Morais, Maria de Fátima Silva, Patrick Finglass.
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- Metaforms ; v. 14 Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386266 .
- Metaforms 14. Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386266. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Main Sources -- Euripides’ Medea in Context / Medea: the Bewitched Witch in Apollonius of Rhodes / Versions of Medea in Classical Latin / Os encantos de Medeia by António José da Silva: Comedy Version of a Tragic Theme (18th Century) / In Search of Lost Identity: Jean Anouilh’s Medea / The Reception of Medea in the 20th and 21st Centuries / Portuguese Versions of Medea in the 20th and 21st Centuries -- Medea as an Aesthetic and Ethical Space in Fiama’s Work / A Portuguese Medea: Eduarda Dionísio, Antes que a noite venha (Before the Night Comes) / Hélia Correia’s A de Cólquida (The Woman from Colchis) / Language, Barbarism, and Civilization: Hélia Correia’s Desmesura (Excess) / Measure in Hélia Correia’s Desmesura: an Exercise in Recreating Classical Rhythm / Medea in the Society of Entertainment: a Reading of Mário Cláudio’s Medeia / Revisiting Medea - Carlos Jorge Pessoa’s Escrita da água: no rasto de Medeia (Water Writing: In Medea’s Wake) / The Art of Translating a Classic: Author’s and Translator’s Marks / Conclusion -- A Chronology of Recreations, Editions, and Performances -- Back Matter -- Bibliography. Patrick J. Finglass -- Maria do Céu Fialho -- Andrés Pociña and Aurora López -- Maria de Fátima Silva -- Maria de Fátima Silva -- Rosanna Lauriola -- Ália Rodrigues -- Maria de Fátima Silva -- Maria António Hörster and Maria de Fátima Silva -- Maria de Fátima Silva -- Carlos Morais -- Maria António Hörster and Maria de Fátima Silva -- Susana Hora Marques -- Maria de Fátima Silva --
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The theme of Medea in Portuguese literature has mainly given rise to the writing of new plays on the subject. The central episode in the Portuguese rewritings in the last two centuries is the one that takes place in Corinth, id est, the break between Medea and Jason, on the one hand, and Medea’s killing of their children in retaliation, on the other. Besides the complex play of feelings that provides this episode with very real human emotions, gender was a key issue in determining the interest that this story elicited in a society in search of social renovation, after profound political transformations - during the transition between dictatorship and democracy which happened in 1974 - that generated instability and established a requirement to find alternative rules of social intercourse in the path towards a new Portugal.
9789004383395
10.1163/9789004383395 DOI
Portuguese literature--History and criticism--20th century.
Portuguese literature--History and criticism--21st century.
Literature.
Portuguese literature.
PQ9055
869.09/351
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Main Sources -- Euripides’ Medea in Context / Medea: the Bewitched Witch in Apollonius of Rhodes / Versions of Medea in Classical Latin / Os encantos de Medeia by António José da Silva: Comedy Version of a Tragic Theme (18th Century) / In Search of Lost Identity: Jean Anouilh’s Medea / The Reception of Medea in the 20th and 21st Centuries / Portuguese Versions of Medea in the 20th and 21st Centuries -- Medea as an Aesthetic and Ethical Space in Fiama’s Work / A Portuguese Medea: Eduarda Dionísio, Antes que a noite venha (Before the Night Comes) / Hélia Correia’s A de Cólquida (The Woman from Colchis) / Language, Barbarism, and Civilization: Hélia Correia’s Desmesura (Excess) / Measure in Hélia Correia’s Desmesura: an Exercise in Recreating Classical Rhythm / Medea in the Society of Entertainment: a Reading of Mário Cláudio’s Medeia / Revisiting Medea - Carlos Jorge Pessoa’s Escrita da água: no rasto de Medeia (Water Writing: In Medea’s Wake) / The Art of Translating a Classic: Author’s and Translator’s Marks / Conclusion -- A Chronology of Recreations, Editions, and Performances -- Back Matter -- Bibliography. Patrick J. Finglass -- Maria do Céu Fialho -- Andrés Pociña and Aurora López -- Maria de Fátima Silva -- Maria de Fátima Silva -- Rosanna Lauriola -- Ália Rodrigues -- Maria de Fátima Silva -- Maria António Hörster and Maria de Fátima Silva -- Maria de Fátima Silva -- Carlos Morais -- Maria António Hörster and Maria de Fátima Silva -- Susana Hora Marques -- Maria de Fátima Silva --
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
The theme of Medea in Portuguese literature has mainly given rise to the writing of new plays on the subject. The central episode in the Portuguese rewritings in the last two centuries is the one that takes place in Corinth, id est, the break between Medea and Jason, on the one hand, and Medea’s killing of their children in retaliation, on the other. Besides the complex play of feelings that provides this episode with very real human emotions, gender was a key issue in determining the interest that this story elicited in a society in search of social renovation, after profound political transformations - during the transition between dictatorship and democracy which happened in 1974 - that generated instability and established a requirement to find alternative rules of social intercourse in the path towards a new Portugal.
9789004383395
10.1163/9789004383395 DOI
Portuguese literature--History and criticism--20th century.
Portuguese literature--History and criticism--21st century.
Literature.
Portuguese literature.
PQ9055
869.09/351