Βρεφοκόμοι,
βρέφη
βρέφη
και βρεφική σκευή
στον Ευριπίδη
Του ΓΙΑΝΝΗ ΛΙΓΝΑΔΗ
The present paper examines the dramatic significance and thetheatrical
function of babies and baby-items in Euripides’ plays in which theyappear as
concrete stage props. More specifically, this paper examines theelement of
realism inherent in this sort of material (οἰκεῖα πράγματα), whichbears strongly on the everyday and the
domestic, and further examines theways in which realism is transformed in order
to serve purely dramatic purposes. In one section, the discussion focuses on
the on-stage presence of thebaby Opheltes in the opening scenes of Hypsipyle
and on the κρόταλα withwhich the
protagonist tries to amuse or comfort him while delivering hermonody. In
another section, the discussion focuses on Ion’s birth tokens inthe climactic
recognition-scene of Ion. On both occasions, special emphasisis laid on the
subtle ways in which the poet manipulates realism in order toreinforce pathos
and generate empathetic effect.
function of babies and baby-items in Euripides’ plays in which theyappear as
concrete stage props. More specifically, this paper examines theelement of
realism inherent in this sort of material (οἰκεῖα πράγματα), whichbears strongly on the everyday and the
domestic, and further examines theways in which realism is transformed in order
to serve purely dramatic purposes. In one section, the discussion focuses on
the on-stage presence of thebaby Opheltes in the opening scenes of Hypsipyle
and on the κρόταλα withwhich the
protagonist tries to amuse or comfort him while delivering hermonody. In
another section, the discussion focuses on Ion’s birth tokens inthe climactic
recognition-scene of Ion. On both occasions, special emphasisis laid on the
subtle ways in which the poet manipulates realism in order toreinforce pathos
and generate empathetic effect.
ΠΗΓΗ: ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ, τ. 8. ΔΙΑΒΑΣΤΕ
όλο το άρθρο στα ελληνικά, ΕΔΩ.
όλο το άρθρο στα ελληνικά, ΕΔΩ.
ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΤΕΡΑ για τον ΕΥΡΙΠΙΔΗ, ΕΔΩ.
ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΤΕΡΑ για το ΘΕΑΤΡΟ, ΕΔΩ.
ΛΕΞΕΙΣ: Βρεφοκομος, βρεφος, βρεφικη σκευη, Ευριπιδης, ΛΙΓΝΑΔΗΣ, οικεια πραγματα, Οφελτης, Υψιπυλη, κροταλα, Ορεστης, Βρεφοκομειο
