Oedipus — A Directorial Note

Fadi Abou-Rihan — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:15:48 +0000

Aristotle argued that tragedy’s audience is treated to an experience of emotional stimulation rather than historical education. While in many respects unavoidably imitative, tragedy’s highest value and pleasure lie in its ability to occasion the excitement and catharsis of its audience’s fear and pity (Poetics, 1449b/25 and 1452b/30). Firmly planted in his culture, Aristotle was …

Oedipus — Zoom out

Fadi Abou-Rihan — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:33:14 +0000

As much as the Oedipus with whom we are most familiar is the one fixed by Sophocles, the character’s life extends far beyond the tragedy with which it has become marked. Homer (The Iliad, Book IV and The Odyssey, Book XI), Aeschylus (Seven Against Thebes), and Euripides (The Phoenician Women) had already treated of man …

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Oedipus — A Directorial Note

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