Lautonomie paradoxale ou le politique a lepreuve des experiences. Dont forget that you can also reread antigone in your bbb. Aug 20, 2014 the article goes back to an older philological text, r. Pierre vernant, nicole loraux, and charles segal, among others, have argued forcefully to the contrary, finding in tragedy a precisely calibrated machine for introducing difference, for opening up space for dissident opinions and exposing the questionable grounds of any entrenched values or concepts. Review of nicole loraux, tragic ways of killing a woman, american journal of philology 109 l988 597600. His previous books and articlfocusedes mainly on nineteenth. On the third day they carried them in a grand procession to the. Falk and a great selection of similar used, new and.
Les principales pieces retrouvees sont les limiers presente en 440 av. Still others, including loraux in her earlier work, seek the politics of tragedy in the. Now, when his young daughter antigone defies her uncle, kreon, the new ruler, because he has prohibited the burial of her dead brother, she and he enact a sophocles antigone by michael townsend 19970119 michael townsend. Bonnie honigs rereading of it therefore involves intervening in a host of literatures and unsettling many of their governing assumptions.
Sep 01, 2017 a new issue of parrhesia has appeared, which includes my translation pdf link of nicole lorauxs essay war in the family. See nicole loraux, tragic ways of killing a woman, trans. It demonstrates the ongoing significance and contestability of antigone, for democratic theory, feminist theory, and political thought more generally. The death of the character, international journal of the. Goheens the imagery of sophocles antigone 1950, implicates this reading with nicole lorauxs observations on voices in mourning 1999, anne carsons new translation of the play 2012, and thinks about the ways in which tragedy is a web of words, a rhizome. Terms in this set 32 what is the festival of dionysis. One encounters it again, however, in antigone 192 adelpha tonde keruxas ekho, where the signifier brother is anything but neutral. Lautonomie paradoxale ou le politique a lepreuve des.
Telecharger antigone texte et documents livre pdf online. Beyond engagements with this array of thinkers, the volume also features new close readings of the sophoclean texts and, importantly, serious attention to the question of adaptations and manifestations of the antigone myth in. Nicole loraux, war in the family friday, september 1, 2017 adam kotsko. Antigone, interrupted sophocles antigone is a touchstone in democratic, feminist, and legal theory, possibly the most commentedupon play in the history of. Feb 12, 2017 sparknotes antigone plot overview a short summary of jean anouilh s antigone. This humanist modehonig calls it mortalist humanism universalizes antigone in the name of vulnerability, grief, and loss, and it comes at a cost, honig argues, to an agonal sociality grounded in difference, affirma. Reviews of the antigone up to now regarding the book weve got antigone pdf suggestions people are yet to however remaining the overview of the sport, or not make out the print however. Loraux, 85 in this display of the body, the audience is able to relate to reality of death and is able to visualize. Antigone and the invention of individuality, explores both the historical and aesthetic facticity of the individual subject and its. Jocastas suicide in sophocles oedipus tyrannus nicole lorauxs tragic ways of killing women has been instrumental in examining the women and death within greek tragedy, especially with regards to different forms of suicide.
She was the author of the divided city, the children of athena, the experiences of tiresias, and mothers in mourning, among other titles. Antigone, interrupted professor bonnie honig download. The con is sparse, its props minimala single setting, flict is established almost at once as we learn that. The chapter seeks to extend loraux s comments on the antigone to the other six sophocles plays in order to come up with a comprehensive hypotheses concerning the role of the hand and the hands touch in sophoclean tragedy in general and the antigone in particular. Books by ruby blondell author of sophocles antigone.
Antigone, interrupted sophocles antigone is a touchstone in democratic, feminist, and legal theory, possibly the most commentedupon play in the history of philosophy and political theory. The article goes back to an older philological text, r. At night antigone took her chance and buried polyneices, next to her buried brother. She graduated in classics at the ecole normale superieure des filles 1962. Nicole loraux at my grandmothers funeral, i noticed that my grandmother and my. Nicole loraux, and especially butler in response to the aids crisis and 911.
Suicide throughout history and philosophy the act of suicide has been documented since an tiquity. Pierre vernant, nicole loraux, and charles segal, among others, have argued forcefully to the contrary, finding in tragedy a precisely calibrated machine for introducing difference, for opening up space for dissident opinions and exposing the questionable grounds of. Journal for the study of greek and latin philosophical. Violaine sebillotte cuchet, les femmes, le feminin et le politique apres nicole loraux, avantpropos, pdf version. This unique anthology presents the important historical essays on tragedy, ranging from antiquity to the present, divided into historical periods and arranged chronologically. For example, in chapter 1, honig refers to nicole loraux, whose. Sparknotes antigone plot overview a short summary of jean anouilh s antigone. Sophocles antigone is a touchstone in democratic, feminist and legal theory, and possibly the most commented upon play in the history of philosophy and political theory. Ruby blondell has 16 books on goodreads with 1051 ratings. Bonnie honigs antigone, interrupted, offers much to praise and is certainly a book worth reading, contesting, and interrupting for all interested in contemporary political theory. Nicole loraux was professor of history and anthropology of the greek polis at the ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales, paris. Nussbaum, the fragility of goodness, ploutarchos 5.
Greek literature in contemporary political theory and thought. A new issue of parrhesia has appeared, which includes my translation pdf link of nicole lorauxs essay war in the family. The disappointment of enlightenment promise in a world convulsed by history leaves us particularly needful of tragedys meditation on the aporias of such a world. Antigone is seen with, in turn, her nurse, her sis the staging of. Two plays comprising tegonni, an african antigone and many colours make the thunderking. Nicole loraux, the mourning voice froma zeitlin, playing the other overview of assignments there are two exams and three major writing assignments for this course. Across its span, it traces the development of theories and philosophies of tragedy, enabling readers to consider the ways in which different varieties of environmentalist, feminist, leftist and postcolonial thought have. Widows, or ariel dorfmans antigones moira fradinger introduction. Antigone has been cannibalized, creolized, transculturized. Saxonhouse or nicole loraux, who, though they may actually disagree among them. This article explores the uses of greek literature, philosophy, and politics in contemporary political theory. Now, when his young daughter antigone defies her uncle, kreon, the new ruler, because he has prohibited the burial of her dead brother, she and he enact a primal conflict between young and old, woman and man, individual and ruler, family and state, courageous and selfsacrificing reverence for the gods of the earth and perhaps selfserving.
Pierre vernant, nicole loraux, and charles segal, among others, have argued forcefully to the contrary, finding in tragedy a precisely calibrated. Saxonhouse or nicole loraux, who, though they may actually disagree among them, share a view of athens as containing diversity and coherence, tendencies to expansion and recentring, likemindedness and individuality, philosophical homonoia and. This is a very interesting take, but it recuperates for a binary framework what i see as an illustration of a plural spectrum of possibilities in lament segal puts antigone and eurydice together, though antigone does not selfharm in lament and it goes against lorauxs mapping of the gendered pattern of suicide. Buried alive, antigone will also be deprived of the honor of ritual. In this respect, antigones opening line is reminiscent of her inability or unwillingness to draw a distinction between polyneices, who attacked thebes, and eteocles, who died defending the city. Several contributors appeal to the work of classical scholars such as nicole loraux and jeanpierre vernant as well. Nicole loraux reminds us that the fifth century started with a ban against the. We first consider the mythical background of the play in order to illuminate sophocles innovations in constructing a unique and subtle plot in one of the most familiar of greek legends, centered around a novel confrontation between a niece and uncle, ruler and ruled. Jonathan strauss ambitious,original, and expansive study, private lives, public deaths. The chorus is the voice of the people, it warns of impending evil, it rejoices in an good. This chapter is dedicated to and inspired by the writing of french historian nicole loraux. Democracy stubbornly resists the huge amounts of literature that are written about it. This previously untranslated essay is discussed at length in the first half of agambens stasis.
Bonnie honig, antigone, interrupted, cambridge university press. Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations. Access provided by university of notre dame at 082711 2. Catherine darbopeschanski, loperateur feminin dans lanalyse du politique grec chez nicole loraux. Antigone and the invention of individuality, fordham university press, 20, pp. Antigone, interrupted by bonnie honig cambridge core. The manner of antigones death is also discussed in nicole loraux, tragic ways of killing a woman, anthony fraser trans. Nicole loraux 26 april 1943 6 april 2003 was a french historian of classical athens. Antigone was condemned to death but creon didnt want to be held responsible for her death since his son was engaged to her so he ordered that antigone to be imprisoned in a cave with food and water. Antigone and the invention of individuality new york.
This is a very interesting take, but it recuperates for a binary framework what i see as an illustration of a plural spectrum of possibilities in lament segal puts antigone and eurydice together, though antigone does not selfharm in lament and it goes against loraux s mapping of the gendered pattern of suicide. Antigone, interrupted professor bonnie honig sophocles antigone is a touchstone in democratic, feminist and legal theory, and possibly the most commented upon play in the history of philosophy and political theory. Humanism salist variety discredited by poststructuralism. Curriculum vitae helene peet foley barnard college. An essay on greek tragedy, nicole loraux describes prothesis, as the exhibition of the corpse, which is both a primary feature of tragic representation and an eminently ritual act. Download sophocles antigone by michael townsend pdf. Humanism salist variety discredited by poststructuralism and. It explains that, since the second half of the 20th century, the study and deployment of greek texts in political theory has served four interrelated projects. Enigma of democracy university of michigan college of.
Tragedy and the politics of humanismas well as in her 20 book antigone, interruptedbonnie honig argues that butlers ethical turn institutes a new mortalist humanism, predicated on the ontological fact of mortality, not the capacity to reason but the vulnerability to suffering honig 2010, 1. Midterm examthis exam will cover aristotles poetics and sophocless plays oedipus the king and antigone. Each year the classical athenians held a public funeral for fellow citizens who had died in war. In fact, this cultural cannibalism is such a longstanding. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of antigone. French historian nicole loraux describes suicide as a tragic death, chosen by those who, compelled by want, are overwhelmed by the unbearable pain of a unending anguish tragic ways of killing a woman, 1991. Bonnie honig, political theory and the displacement of politics, cornell university press, 1993.
Bonnie honigantigone, interrupted, cambridge university. Antigone greek tragedy in new translations sophocles. Antigone could not live knowing that her brother would not rest in peace. For nicole loraux, this shift from reason to finitude is reason to turn to tragedy.
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