Open AccessCharacter and characterization in Greek tragedy
Author(s) -
Bernd Seidenstiker
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
letras clássicas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2358-3150
pISSN - 1516-4586
DOI - 10.11606/issn.2358-3150.v0i8p93-110
Subject(s) - character (mathematics) , tragedy (event) , interpretation (philosophy) , characterization (materials science) , greek tragedy , literature , philosophy , history , art , linguistics , mathematics , physics , geometry , optics
Over the last three decades there has been a lively and controversial discussion about the importance of character and charac- terization in Greek tragedy. In the first and slightly larger part of my paper I will deal with the most important arguments, which have been brought forward against a character-oriented interpretation, and then after a short comparison of Aeschylus and Sophocles look at extent and form of characterization in Aeschylean tragedy.