Antigone dreams of giving her brother a proper burial. The antigone of sophocles after holderlins translation. A platform extends the length of the facade, and from this platform. Turned creon into a complete moral despot uses sophocles as a basis with which to interpret his own text. Jean anouilh antigone 2 personnages antigone, fille d. Streichen sie auffalligkeiten, unklare stellen sowie verweise innerhalb des textes an. J 25 a aesthetics 26 b lessons 28 c characters 34 d ethics 3 8 e contradictions 43 f politics 54 g fantasies 58 6. Bertolt brecht 18981956 biography bertolt brecht was born in augsburg. From the beginning, brecht made it his task to wrench ancient tragic poetry out of its ideological haze, and proceeded to dismantle and eliminate what he named the element of fate, the. Although it was written before sophocles other two theban plays, chronologically it comes after the stories in oedipus the king and oedipus at colonus, and it picks up where aeschylus play seven against thebes ends. Brechts 1948 reworking for the stage of holderlins german translation 18001803 of sophocles tragedy antigone 441 bc without brechts prologue. Antigone bertolt brecht by alexander buxton on prezi. Ismene highlights the physicality of the kinship antigone asserts with ismene at the price.
The play was adapted by german playwright bertolt brecht and renamed the antigone of sophocles. Frustration stage antigone is caught burying her brother and is brought to creon. Brecht began to write poetry as a boy, and had his first poems published in 1914. Antigone is the supporter of religion and following the laws of the gods and the king of thebes, creon, is the state. Antigone is a greek tragedy written around 451 bc by sophocles.
The translations of holderlins antigone as they appear in this essay differ significantly from the extant version in english holderlin 2001. Antigone, en sa qualite dheroine, passe en premier. The transmission of the text 66 a note on the text and critical apparatus 6g antigone 7 1 commentary ilg. Dissertations gratuites sur prologue antigone brecht. Antigone defends her actions, and by further irritating creon, essentially seals her fate. Antigone then beseeches her sister to assist her in burying polynices against the order 127. Gib also in wenigen satzen wieder, worum es genau geht. Publication date 2015 title variation experimentelle theaterarbeit, chur 1948 series theatrum helveticum. Sophocles antigone and the promise of ethical life repub. She willingly admits her crime and further irritates creon by challenging his moral authority. His father, a catholic, was the director of a paper company and his mother, a protestant, was the daughter of a civil servant. In the play creon has made it against the law to bury antigones brother, something that goes against the laws of the gods, this is the cause of most conflict in the story. Antigone an english version by dudley fitts and robert fitzgerald person represented antigone ismene eurydice creon haimon teiresias a sentry a messenger chorus scene.
Antigone, also known as the antigone of sophocles, is an adaptation by the german dramatist bertolt brecht of holderlins translation of sophocles tragedy. Relaxing jazz for work and study background instrumental concentration jazz for work and study duration. Synopsis sophocles, holderlin, brecht and malina have all left their imprint on this dramatic text. Brechts version was based on the ancient text of sophocles use of classical text as an allegory of nazi regime. Sachant quelle va etre emmuree,antigone cherche a qui confier ses confidence et ses angoisse.
Interpretation antigone epeisodion kreon wachter referat. Antigone is a tragedy by the ancient greek playwright sophocles, written around 442 bce. It takes sophoclesl antigone perhaps the most classical text of law and literaturels familiar. It is against you and me creon has made this order, said antigone 127. The play was performed at the schaubuhne in berlin premiere on may 3, 1991, then for a single performance on august 14 at the teatro di segesta. Bachelorarbeit, masterarbeit, hausarbeit oder dissertation. The latest volume in methuens collected brecht includes two plays previously untranslated into englishvolume 8 of brechts collected plays contains his last completed plays, from the eight years between his return from america to europe after the war and his death in 1956. It deals with antigone s burial of her brother polynices. Holderlins language of antigone antigonesprache would be worthy of a deeper study than the on e i was able to devote to it. Sophocles taught his antigone to a chorus of fifteen young men for the. Keep these characteristics of classical drama in mind as you read sophocles antigone. Students interpretation of the meaning of the play should be guided not only by the text itself and the. An english translation of brechts the antigone of sophocles, along with several texts directly related to it, are included in vol.
Brechts antigone 1948 is a bold adaptation of holderlins classic german translation of sophocles play. Antigone is a tragedy by sophocles written in or before 441 bce. Jan 09, 2011 relaxing jazz for work and study background instrumental concentration jazz for work and study duration. Brechts adaptation of sophocles antigone in 1948 was openly a political gesture that aspired to the complete rationalization of greek tragedy. Of the many themes found in sophocless antigone, one that figures prominently is the idea that antigone is being punished for the sins of her father, oedipus, as much as for her. It was first performed at the chur stadttheater in switzerland in 1948, with brechts second wife helene weigel, in the lead role.
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