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Geller, Grace. "Translations and adaptations of Euripides' Trojan Women /." Norton, Mass. : Wheaton College, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/15122.
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Willis, Avery Tinch. "Euripides' Trojan women : a 20th century war play in performance." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2005. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:bb57e1d3-b560-45f2-8cd9-64befab97bba.
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In this dissertation, I approach the interpretation of a classical text in performance by examining the practical elements (directorial and design choices: set, costumes, lighting, music, etc.) and promotional materials (programmes, press releases, photographs, etc.) for a selection of significant test cases in order to determine how these production decisions engage with external factors of political, intellectual, and cultural import. Trojan Women is a particularly useful case study to explore within the parameters of this method because the dynamism and immediacy of the play is most powerfully articulated when production choices allow for it to be wielded as a weapon of protest or reaction against contemporary policy, especially the waging of war. Using a chronological approach, this analysis of Trojan Women as a text for performance provides a broad and in-depth discussion of the reception of the play in the twentieth century, the period in which the ancient text was most frequently performed. Through the investigation of several influential productions on the international stage, and through an examination of the roles of key players (particularly Gilbert Murray and Jean-Paul Sartre), Trojan Women emerges as a play that offers theatre artists a unique and effective forum for debating issues of human responsibility in times of war a central theme in the play and a considerable preoccupation during a century of armed conflict. Chapter One discusses how the play was used to criticize imperial activity and promote ideological causes in the first half of the century. Chapters Two and Three draw attention to a major cluster of performances reflecting the spirit of international war protest in the 1960s and 1970s. Chapter Four addresses productions of the play affected by delayed responses to the Holocaust. Chapter Five features performances in the 1990s that respond to crises of civil conflict and genocide.
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Jephta, Amy. "Free falling bird : an encounter with the Trojan women of Euripides." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12318.
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Includes bibliographical references.The focus of this research relates to finding praxis for making theatre within a contemporary feminist framework with specific emphasis on writing for the theatre. It explores ways of opening up the possibility of feminist conversations beginning with the written text and how playwriting may problematise the representations of women on stage. This essay is a supporting document to my script, Free Falling Bird, as well as a supplement to the full production of the script in partial fulfillment of my MA degree in Theatre and Performance with a focus on playwriting. Firstly, I will establish a context by tracing the history and evolution of feminist performance practice, focusing especially on process, form and purpose, and introduce Sue-Ellen Case’s notion of contiguity as well as recent developments in post-feminism from theorists Elizabeth Wright and Elin Diamond. I will use the work of Roland Barthes, Richard Schechner, Hans-Thiess Lehmann and Catherine Bouko to trace parallel developments in the field of post dramatic theatre, especially with regards to the ‘death of the author’ and the decentralisation of the playwright as the maker of meaning. Finally, I will introduce Simone Benmussa and Helene Cixous’ term ‘spheres of disturbance’, as adopted by Elaine Aston, to propose how feminist playwriting may offer an intervention which disturbs the representations of women on stage. Secondly, I explore a practical model for creating and staging theatre which is located in the ‘sphere of disturbance’. Using a scheme proposed by Aston, I will offer an analysis of my own text and look at Diamond’s writing on narrative interventions in order to offer ways that the feminist text may be ‘ activated’ in performance. Finally, I return to the post dramatic, focusing on Hans-Thiess Lehmann’s notion of independent auditory semiotics, Liz Mills’ writing on acoustic spaces and Bouko’s ideas around the jazz body of the performer to investigate how the silenced female can articulate, speak and sound herself. I will lastly discuss how the combination of theory and practice articulated in this essay will feed into my own process as I work towards staging work which embodies and gives voice to the female experience.
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Simon, Lindsay Amber. "Costume Design and Production for Trojan Women 2.0, by Charles Mee." The Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1396372490.
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Kekis, Olga. "Contemporary Antigones, Medeas, and Trojan Women perform on stages around the world." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2013. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/4118/.
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This thesis examines postmodern theatrical adaptations of Antigone, Medea and The Trojan Women to show how they re-define the central female figures of the source texts by creating a new work, or ‘hyperplay’, that gives the silenced and often silent female figures a voice, and assigns them a political presence in their own right. Using a collection of diverse plays and their performances which occurred in a variety of geographical locations in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, this thesis analyzes adaptive, ‘hypertheatrical’, strategies employed by the theatre, through which play texts from the past are ‘re-made’ in the here and now of theatrical performances. A close analysis of these performances demonstrates how the historical and cultural identity of contemporary audiences informs the process of re-interpretation of familiar material within new contexts. They evidence how these re-makings reflect the culture, the political moment or the socio-historical coincidence in which they are conceived and performed. Most importantly this thesis shows that without exception these appropriations become entirely new Antigones, Medeas and Trojan Women; they invoke re-configurations or re-inventions of femininity which detect and emphasise individual women’s strengths and female solidarity, thus placing the plays firmly within a contemporary feminist discourse.
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Aliberti, Chiara. "Listening as a Sanctuary from Human Annihilation: Euripides' Trojan Women and the Global Humanitarian Crisis." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2020. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/8141.
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The scope of this research is to spark conversation among members of receiving communities concerning their attitudes toward displaced populations by using Euripides' Trojan Women as a facilitator. By many outside the Classics profession, the study of antiquity is often perceived as a discipline disconnected from current issues; however, remembering and examining the past can greatly shape the present. Ancient Greek theater is perhaps the genre that best lends itself to be scrutinized today for social purposes. In fact, it promoted introspection among the body of Athenian citizens by highlighting inequalities and imbalances in power structures between opposing parties. This study suggests that tragedies can still fulfill the same function. In particular, this essay focuses on Trojan Women, with the intent to unearth group dynamics between the Greek aggressors and the Trojan slaves, and to apply its lessons to recent humanitarian emergencies. Philological work shows that the Greeks in the play attempt to dehumanize their captives through practices of legal violence, objectification, and silencing. Nevertheless, the women find sanctuary from human annihilation through their ability to speak and to be heard. Dominant classes today employ similar techniques to disempower incoming societies and to deprive them of their political voice. Thanks to tragedy's ability to create a distancing effect through mythological narratives, public readings of Trojan Women might enable members of hosting countries to engage more readily in discussions concerning the theme of displacement that address their own biases. Therefore, this thesis argues that the analysis and reception of Trojan Women can elucidate the worldwide crisis in welcoming those seeking shelter and help groups asked to receive displaced populations make more compassionate and informed decisions.
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Martin, Tamra Artelia. "The fates of Clytemnestra and Cassandra." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2009. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1302.
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Lee, Michael B. "An Actor’s Growth: From Student to Professional, Tackling Collegiate Theatre with Michael Lee." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/342.
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This thesis includes the journey of Michael Lee becoming a professional actor by performing several characters within two contrasting productions. The first, "The Trojan Women", by Euripides, Michael portrayed Poseidon, Talthybius, and The Guard in ETSU's very own Bud Frank Theatre. Michael's second production included the character of Charles in the modern drama "Race" by David Mamet, which was held in the newly renovated Studio 205. Michael documented his growth as an actor through daily journal entries and analyzing the final performances.
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CASTAGNA, DONATELLA. "IL TEMA DELLO SCONTRO CULTURALE E DELL'ESILIO NELLA RIPRESA CONTEMPORANEA DELLE MITOGRAFIE DELLA GRECIA CLASSICA: IL CASO DELLE TROIANE." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/320.
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La tesi si concentra sull'analisi interpretativa e sul confronto culturale tra diverse riprese di un dramma antico sulla scena moderna. L'opera classica scelta è Troiane nella versione euripidea, soggetta a una notevole ripresa d'interesse da parte di registi e drammaturghi nel XX e XXI secolo. Si è inteso concentrare l'attenzione sui più significativi spettacoli e drammaturgie contemporanei (quindi apparsi sulle scene mondiali e, in particolare, italiane del secondo dopoguerra) che tematizzino a diversi livelli la questione del disagio, della violenza e delle forme dell'esclusione e dell'esodo dovuti a uno scontro fra culture antagoniste. Volutamente, sono stati studiati spettacoli poco noti alla critica e al grande pubblico. Il metodo di lavoro seguito è stato adattato alle caratteristiche di ogni allestimento e alla particolarità delle fonti. Infine, ho fornito una valutazione critica della riuscita artistica degli spettacoli e ho confrontato le diverse traduzioni impiegate dai registi.The thesis deals with an interpretation and a cultural comparison among many different contemporary plays based on classic drama. In particular, I examined Trojan Women by Euripides, a tragedy that today is often present on the stage. The thesis presents an account on the most important present-day shows and writings from Italy and other countries about loneliness, violence and exile due to fights between different cultures. On purpose, I studied not generally known shows and plays. The study method has been adapted to every show features and to its evidences. Finally, I valued how and if a show succeeded and made a comparison among different translations of Euripides' trojan women.
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CASTAGNA, DONATELLA. "IL TEMA DELLO SCONTRO CULTURALE E DELL'ESILIO NELLA RIPRESA CONTEMPORANEA DELLE MITOGRAFIE DELLA GRECIA CLASSICA: IL CASO DELLE TROIANE." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/320.
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La tesi si concentra sull'analisi interpretativa e sul confronto culturale tra diverse riprese di un dramma antico sulla scena moderna. L'opera classica scelta è Troiane nella versione euripidea, soggetta a una notevole ripresa d'interesse da parte di registi e drammaturghi nel XX e XXI secolo. Si è inteso concentrare l'attenzione sui più significativi spettacoli e drammaturgie contemporanei (quindi apparsi sulle scene mondiali e, in particolare, italiane del secondo dopoguerra) che tematizzino a diversi livelli la questione del disagio, della violenza e delle forme dell'esclusione e dell'esodo dovuti a uno scontro fra culture antagoniste. Volutamente, sono stati studiati spettacoli poco noti alla critica e al grande pubblico. Il metodo di lavoro seguito è stato adattato alle caratteristiche di ogni allestimento e alla particolarità delle fonti. Infine, ho fornito una valutazione critica della riuscita artistica degli spettacoli e ho confrontato le diverse traduzioni impiegate dai registi.The thesis deals with an interpretation and a cultural comparison among many different contemporary plays based on classic drama. In particular, I examined Trojan Women by Euripides, a tragedy that today is often present on the stage. The thesis presents an account on the most important present-day shows and writings from Italy and other countries about loneliness, violence and exile due to fights between different cultures. On purpose, I studied not generally known shows and plays. The study method has been adapted to every show features and to its evidences. Finally, I valued how and if a show succeeded and made a comparison among different translations of Euripides' trojan women.
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Wach, Aurélie. "L'intertextualité comme procédé dramaturgique dans Hécube et Les Troyennes d'Euripide." Phd thesis, Université Charles de Gaulle - Lille III, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00862863.
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Cette étude porte sur les utilisations de l'intertextualité comme procédé dramaturgique dans Hécube et Les Troyennes d'Euripide. Les intertextes considérés sont les épopées homériques et l'Agamemnon d'Eschyle. Après une présentation des problèmes posés par le recours à la notion d' "intertextualité" dans le domaine de la littérature grecque antique, et plus particulièrement du théâtre grec antique, chaque pièce fait l'objet d'une étude approfondie. Les chapitres I à IV portent sur les stasima des deux pièces et posent la question du fonctionnement de l'intertextualité dans la parole lyrique du choeur. Les stasima sont envisagés dans une perspective unificatrice qui vise à mettre en lumière leur rôle de fil directeur dans les deux tragédies. Les chapitres suivants portent sur des passages étendus des deux pièces. L'utilisation de l'intertextualité dans la représentation du sacrifice de Polyxène fait l'objet du chapitre V tandis que le chapitre VI porte sur la double allusion intertextuelle (à l'Odyssée et à l'Agamemnon) mise en place par Euripide pour représenter le vengeance d'Hécube (Hécube). Les chapitres VII et VIII s'intéressent aux Troyennes : d'abord à la scène de Cassandre, comparée à la scène de l'Agamemnon d'Eschyle dont elle constitue une sorte de réécriture ; puis à la scène d'Hélène, où Euripide construit les tensions de son agôn à partir d'un passage précis du chant III de l'Iliade - qu'il rend volontairement encore plus problématique qu'il ne l'est chez Homère à travers les discours de ses deux personnages. La conclusion présente les résultats de cette enquête quant au fonctionnement et quant à diverses fonctions possibles de l'intertextualité dans la tragédie grecque.
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Steck, Rachel Kinsman 1974. "Laughing lesbians: Camp, spectatorship, and citizenship." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10532.
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xi, 158 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.This study, set in the context of the feminist sex wars, explores the performances of Holly Hughes, Carmelita Tropicana, and Split Britches throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. The purpose of this study is to better understand the implications of a specific style of lesbian comedic performance, found at the WOW Café and defined here as lesbian camp, throughout a contentious era in feminist politics. The motivating questions for this study are: How can a performance inspire an activated spectatorship? How have lesbian comedic performance practices provoked feminist theory and practice? Chapter II defines lesbian camp and attempts to trace a dialogue among lesbian performance critics and academics ruminating over lesbian camp and its existence. It also explores lesbian camp's relationship to drag and butch-femme as well as how lesbian camp functions within specific performances of Holly Hughes, Split Britches, and Carmelita Tropicana. Chapter III argues that it is the very element of lesbian camp that brings forth the potential for an activated spectatorship. It is a chaotic, unstable environment that exposes and disassembles deep-seated fears, ideals, and practices seemingly inherent, although pragmatically constructed, to our communities and cultures throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. It presents a climate of resistance through the disruption of identificatory practices. This, in turn, provokes an activated spectatorship. Chapter IV examines the effects these artists had on the larger stage of the feminist sex wars and culture wars. Holly Hughes, for example, became a national figure, defunded from the National Endowment for the Arts due to her subject of the queer body, then deemed obscene and pornographic. Split Britches were popularized by feminists in the academy not only for their creative techniques but also for their (de)construction of butch-femme coupling. Carmelita Tropicana brought drag to a whole new level with incorporation of male and female drag into her hybrid performances.
Committee in charge: John Schmor, Chairperson, Theater Arts; Sara Freeman, Member, Theater Arts; Theresa May, Member, Theater Arts; Ellen Scott, Outside Member, Sociology
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Lunga, Peter Sigurdson. "The context, purpose, and dissemination of legendary genealogies in northern England and Iceland, c.1120-c.1241." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/278065.
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The thesis is a comparative and multidisciplinary study of legendary genealogies in the historical writing of northern England and Iceland c. 1120 – c. 1241. Historical writing was produced in abundance over this period in both areas and the frequent contact between England and Scandinavia, as well as shared use of early medieval insular sources make them especially suitable for comparison. The Viking invasions and settlement in England had a significant impact on English culture, language and literature and changed attitudes to their own legendary past. The Danish conquest of England in the early eleventh-century also brought the insular and Scandinavian worlds closer together, and even after the Norman Conquest in 1066, England and Scandinavia engaged in scholarly and textual exchange The theoretical framework for the thesis combines approaches from religious history, art history, political history, literature history and gender history. The main research questions of the thesis consider the dissemination, development, and purpose of legendary genealogies. The sources are a collection of Durham related manuscripts with illuminations of the pagan god Woden (c. 1120–88) in two historical works De Primo Saxonum Aduentu and De Gestis Regum; Genealogia Regum Anglorum (Rievaulx, 1153x54) by Aelred of Rievaulx; two works attributed to Snorri Sturluson’s Prose Edda (Iceland, 1220s) and Heimskringla (Iceland, 1225x35). Common to the sources is the inclusion of genealogies that stretch from legendary generations to living individuals at the time of writing. Thus, genealogies connected dynasties and civilisations in mutual descent from pagan, Trojan and biblical ancestors. By analysing textual dissemination as well as political contexts, literary patronage and mechanisms in legitimisation of power, the thesis address amalgamations of origin myths, the use and significance euhemerised pagan gods, and female generations in genealogies.
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Mattison, Kathryn Magill. "Recasting Troy in Fifth-century Attic Tragedy." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/19060.
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This thesis examines the characterization of Trojans in fifth-century Attic tragedy with a particular focus on their ability to shed light on the contemporary Athenian sense of identity. I argue against the notion that Trojans are displaced Persians, for they maintain a strong connection to their mythological heritage. The evidence I present draws on fifth-century Attic tragedies but also on the Iliad, iconography, and fragmentary tragedies. My discussion of passages from the Iliad creates a context for interpreting Trojan characters in fifth-century tragedy by establishing the tradition that tragedians could draw on as the background against which to set their Trojan characters. The iconographic evidence similarly adds depth to the project by stepping away from a textual focus to create a wider understanding of how Trojans were visually conceptualized. The fragmentary tragedies provide a tantalizing glimpse into the portrayal of Trojan men, who are otherwise almost entirely absent from tragedies. As a result, my discussion of tragedy focuses on Trojan women, and I suggest that they are representatives of an idealized culture designed to evoke an idealized sense of Athenian cultural identity.
I examine Euripides’ Andromache to compare the portrayal of Spartans, contemporary fifth-century Athenian enemies, with that of Trojans to demonstrate the differences between them. Following that, I address the gendered nature of the aftermath of the Trojan War by focusing on one particularly feminine theme in each of three plays: exchange in Andromache, nostalgia in Trojan Women, and mourning in Hecuba. Finally, I discuss the role played by class in considering Trojan characters. Only Euripides’ Orestes presents a (male) character who was a slave in Troy before the fall, and this provides an excellent opportunity to contrast the treatment of that character with the treatment of the royal Trojan women.
The purpose of this examination of Trojan characters is to demonstrate that there was an intellectual curiosity about them and their role in contemporary society. I argue in favour of a sympathetic treatment of Trojan characters, or more specifically, against the notion of a “Phrygianization of Troy,” and restore to the Trojans their own unique identity.
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Perron, Marc-André. "Texte et musique : exploration de leurs différentes combinaisons par l'intermédiaire de la composition." Thèse, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/19850.
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BUREŠOVÁ, Jitka. "Manželky českých politiků v 19. století." Master's thesis, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-47309.
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The women of the bohemian politicians in the 19th century Annotation I have chosen ten women of the bohemian politics living in the 19th century. The first chapter has been about the reasons for choice of the life female partner. I have described the social, lingual and religious background of these women. I have tried to analyse their antenuptial correspondence. The second part of my work has attended to the use of women in the social life and it has focused on their involvement into the {\clqq}morning-room`` life. I have outlined the women incidence in the public asociation in the third chapter.I have been interested in any women activites mainly the philanthrophy. I have tried to find out if the husbands had encouraged thein wives in these acitivities. I have focused on the role of women in the family. I have observed how the husbands had been participated in the running the household and education of their children. I have studied the family correspondence. I have focused on the political aspect of the letters. I have tried to catch how much the women had been interested in the policy.