Where should I sing? Authority, space and choral voice in Seven against Thebes

Keywords:

Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes, chorus, space, authority

Abstract

The article aims to demonstrate that the spatial syntax of the scene between Eteocles and the chorus (vv. 78-368), crossed by the lament genre, constitutes a powerful, dynamic and programmatic mechanism to involve and guide the audience in relation to the action that unfolds, in a process that depends on the power of theater as a spectacle. It is argued that, in Seven against Thebes, the character –individual or collective– who rules over the space is the one who has power. In the studied scene, the taking of the space and the license to move in it are installed as a fundamental issue.

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Author Biography

María del Pilar Fernández Deagustini, Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Profesora, Licenciada y Doctora en Letras por la Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP). Profesora Adjunta del Área de Griego de la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación de la UNLP. Profesora Titular del Ciclo Complementario de Licenciatura (UCALP). Miembro del Centro de Estudios Helénicos (Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales, UNLP/ CONICET). Equipo responsable del PICT “Del treno al epitafio. Subjetividad, convención social y cruces genéricos en las formas poéticas de lamento en la Grecia antigua. Inflexiones” Dirige el Proyecto de Incentivos “Cantos que traman. Performances corales oclusas, desplegadas, incipientes o acabadas en la Literatura griega clásica y su tradición”.

Published

2023-05-29