"From Chorus to Counterpoint: Carnivalesque ...
Document type :
Compte-rendu et recension critique d'ouvrage
Title :
"From Chorus to Counterpoint: Carnivalesque Feminist Choreography in an Expanded Translation of Aristophanes' <i>Ecclesiazusae</i>"
Author(s) :
Trainor, Samuel [Auteur]
Centre d'Études en Civilisations, Langues et Lettres Étrangères - ULR 4074 [CECILLE]
Phillips, Jess [Auteur]

Centre d'Études en Civilisations, Langues et Lettres Étrangères - ULR 4074 [CECILLE]
Phillips, Jess [Auteur]
Journal title :
Coup de théâtre
Traductions et adaptations des classiques dans le théâtre anglophone contemporain
Traductions et adaptations des classiques dans le théâtre anglophone contemporain
Pages :
155-172
Publisher :
RADAC (Recherche sur les Arts Dramatiques Anglophones Contemporains)
Publication date :
2019
ISSN :
0752-5494
Keyword(s) :
Assemblée des femmes
English keyword(s) :
Feminism and literature
Aristophanes
Theatre Translation
Translation Theory
Ecclesiazusae
Assemblywomen
Aristophanes
Theatre Translation
Translation Theory
Ecclesiazusae
Assemblywomen
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Littératures
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Linguistique
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Etudes sur le genre
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Musique, musicologie et arts de la scène
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Etudes classiques
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Linguistique
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Etudes sur le genre
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Musique, musicologie et arts de la scène
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Etudes classiques
English abstract : [en]
Aristophanes’ <i>Assemblywomen</i> is a madcap hotchpotch of techniques and influences that bridges the gap between Old and Middle Athenian Comedy (Sutton 1990). Its revolutionary theme and miscellaneous structure naturally ...
Show more >Aristophanes’ <i>Assemblywomen</i> is a madcap hotchpotch of techniques and influences that bridges the gap between Old and Middle Athenian Comedy (Sutton 1990). Its revolutionary theme and miscellaneous structure naturally lend it to radical adaptation, and contemporary versions have sought to deconstruct its conservative satire by bringing out its feminist possibilities. A notable example is <i>Women in Power</i> (2018 Nuffield Southampton Theatres), an expanded translation of the <i>Ecclesiazusae</i>, directed by Blanche McIntyre and written by a diverse group of prominent female authors, comedians, poets and politicians. This adaptation provides the key example for our examination of feminist <i>détournements</i> of classic theatre on the contemporary stage. Specifically, we consider the importance of vocal diversity in collaborative authorship for feminist theatre translation. It is this authorial polyphony that has allowed recent productions of Athenian Comedy to develop carnivalesque counterpoints to the patriarchal norm of choric unison.Show less >
Show more >Aristophanes’ <i>Assemblywomen</i> is a madcap hotchpotch of techniques and influences that bridges the gap between Old and Middle Athenian Comedy (Sutton 1990). Its revolutionary theme and miscellaneous structure naturally lend it to radical adaptation, and contemporary versions have sought to deconstruct its conservative satire by bringing out its feminist possibilities. A notable example is <i>Women in Power</i> (2018 Nuffield Southampton Theatres), an expanded translation of the <i>Ecclesiazusae</i>, directed by Blanche McIntyre and written by a diverse group of prominent female authors, comedians, poets and politicians. This adaptation provides the key example for our examination of feminist <i>détournements</i> of classic theatre on the contemporary stage. Specifically, we consider the importance of vocal diversity in collaborative authorship for feminist theatre translation. It is this authorial polyphony that has allowed recent productions of Athenian Comedy to develop carnivalesque counterpoints to the patriarchal norm of choric unison.Show less >
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