Sguardi novecenteschi sul mito di Oreste

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_15452
dc.contributor.author	Guidotti Angela
dc.title	Sguardi novecenteschi sul mito di Oreste
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	This paper examines the reception of Orestes’ myth in twentieth-century Italian literature. The engagement in restaging ancient drama gives rise to a lot of rewritings in prose-fiction, poetry and, mainly, in theatre. Between 1900 and 1930, authors reflect on the myth’s cultural, philosophical, and autobiographical implications. World War II marks a turn in theatrical productions and the representations of Orestes’ family are characterized by a new attention to political events, with a focus on the modern nature of the history of the Atreids’ public power. After 1968, Orestes’ myth continues to attract an enormous range of interpretations. These new contemporary readings offer different solutions: thus, modern thought reveals its deep link to this myth in its richness of ever-present implications.
dc.relation.ispartof	Lexis Supplements
dc.relation.ispartof	Lexis Studies in Greek and Latin Literature
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2023-07-07
dc.dateAccepted	2022-10-20
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-10-13
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-709-8/sguardi-novecenteschi-sul-mito-di-oreste/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-709-8/009
dc.identifier.issn	2210-8866
dc.identifier.eissn	2724-3362
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-736-4
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-709-8
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	20th century
dc.subject	Atreids
dc.subject	Myth
dc.subject	Poetry and theatre
dc.subject	Rewritings

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Sguardi novecenteschi sul mito di Oreste

Angela Guidotti Università di Pisa, Italia

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This paper examines the reception of Orestes’ myth in twentieth-century Italian literature. The engagement in restaging ancient drama gives rise to a lot of rewritings in prose-fiction, poetry and, mainly, in theatre. Between 1900 and 1930, authors reflect on the myth’s cultural, philosophical, and autobiographical implications. World War II marks a turn in theatrical productions and the representations of Orestes’ family are characterized by a new attention to political events, with a focus on the modern nature of the history of the Atreids’ public power. After 1968, Orestes’ myth continues to attract an enormous range of interpretations. These new contemporary readings offer different solutions: thus, modern thought reveals its deep link to this myth in its richness of ever-present implications.

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July 7, 2023

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Oct. 20, 2022

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Oct. 13, 2022

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978-88-6969-736-4

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978-88-6969-709-8

Keywords: Myth • Atreids • Rewritings • Poetry and theatre • 20th century

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