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- Title
A Burkean Reading of the Antigone: Comical and Choral Transcendence.
- Authors
McCarthy, Rebecca
- Abstract
The author examines the depiction of comical and choral transcendence in the play "Antigone," by Greek dramatist Sophocles from the point of view of U.S. literary theorist and philosopher Kenneth Burke. She argues that it was not the intention of Sophocles to present either the character Antigone or Creon as the hero/heroine for his play. She offers an overview of the play, which was introduced to an Athenian audience in the Dionysian competition around 442-441 B.C.E. She discusses theories regarding the Chorus of the Elders and the Watchman in the play.
- Subjects
GREECE; UNITED States; TRANSCENDENCE (Philosophy); ANTIGONE (Theatrical production); SOPHOCLES, ca. 497 B.C.-406 B.C.; BURKE, Kenneth, 1897-1993; THEORISTS; LITERARY characters
- Publication
KB Journal, 2008, Vol 5, Issue 1, p6
- ISSN
1930-0026
- Publication type
Literary Criticism