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Codificazione della violenza: l’Elektra di Hugo von Hofmannsthal

  • Linda Puccioni

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,
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Linda Puccioni

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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Publication Year

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

Peer Reviewed

Number of Pages

152

Publication Year

2023

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© 2023 Author(s)

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CC BY-SA 4.0

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CC0 1.0

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Firenze University Press, USiena Press

DOI

10.36253/979-12-215-0278-7

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Studi di letterature moderne e comparate

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2975-0377

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2975-0229

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