- La violenza nel teatro contemporaneo
- Edited by Paola Bellomi, Carla Francellini, Maria Beatrice Lenzi, Ada Milani, Niccolò Scaffai
Codificazione della violenza: l’Elektra di Hugo von Hofmannsthal
- Linda Puccioni
- © 2023 Author(s) |
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0278-7.08
Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Elektra constitutes an important turning point in the transition from early lyric to theatre. Inspired by Sophocles' drama, but with elements more similar to Euripides', it proposes a linguistic connotation, characterisation of the characters and a completely innovative and unconventional staging. Blood, a concrete representation of the unprecedented violence that characterises the entire drama, is the red thread that links the succession of events. Words turn into weapons and the protagonist's thirst for vengeance drives the action. The finale culminates in a supreme act of violence that sees the roles reversed: the executioners become victims and the victims executioners. This is the only solution to end the circle of brutal suffering.
- Keywords:
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal,
- contemporary Austrian theatre,
- Sophocles,
- Euripides,
- violence,
University of Siena, Italy
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Chapter Information
Chapter Title
Codificazione della violenza: l’Elektra di Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Authors
Linda Puccioni
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0278-7.08
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2023
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Book Title
La violenza nel teatro contemporaneo
Book Subtitle
Lingue e linguaggi a confronto
Editors
Paola Bellomi, Carla Francellini, Maria Beatrice Lenzi, Ada Milani, Niccolò Scaffai
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Number of Pages
152
Publication Year
2023
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© 2023 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press, USiena Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0278-7
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979-12-215-0277-0
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Studi di letterature moderne e comparate
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2975-0377
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2975-0229