A Danish Antigone: the legacy of Greek consciousness in the fragmentation of modern tragedy

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Title: A Danish Antigone: the legacy of Greek consciousness in the fragmentation of modern tragedy
Author(s): Sestigiani, Sabina
Abstract: In Søren Kierkegaard's Either/Or[1], the engaging analysis of the concept of the tragic in ancient and modern dramas hinges on Kierkegaard's poetic invention of the figure of a new Antigone and the shift in her subjec-tivity. Such analysis moves from the unquestioning acceptance of fate in Sophocles's Antigone to the self-reflective brooding of Kierkegaard's creation.
Publication type: Journal article
Source: Colloquy: Text Theory Critique, no. 11 (May 2006), pp. 60-75
Publication year: 2006
FOR Code(s): 2002 Cultural Studies; 2203 Philosophy
Keyword(s): Antigone; Either/Or; Fear and Trembling; Sophocles; Soren Kierkegaard; Tragedies
Publisher: School of English, Communications and Performance Studies, Monash University
ISSN: 1325-9490
Publisher URL: http://arts.monash.edu.au/ecps/colloquy/journal/issue011/
Peer reviewed