Discontinuity and Debate in Seneca’s Troas

IF 0.2 3区 历史学 0 CLASSICS
D. Freas
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ABSTRACT:This article argues that dramatic disjuncture in Act 2 of Seneca’s Troas can be understood to serve a philosophical purpose: the removal of Achilles’ shade–the external, supernatural causation for Polyxena’s sacrifice–opens up the space for Agamemnon and Pyrrhus to engage in an ethical debate. A comparison with Euripides’ Hecuba, an important source for Troas Act 2, lays bare how Seneca uses discontinuity, both dramatic and intertextual, to imbue debate–dialectic–with the power not just to interrogate the mytho-graphic tradition but to cultivate critical thinking: the contemplation of actions in the absence of their explicit justification.
塞内加《特罗亚》中的不连续性和争论
摘要:本文认为塞内加的《特罗亚斯》第二幕的戏剧性断裂可以理解为一种哲学目的:阿喀琉斯的阴影——波利克西娜牺牲的外在超自然原因——的移除,为阿伽门农和皮洛斯进行伦理辩论开辟了空间。与欧里庇得斯的《赫库巴》(《特罗阿斯第二幕》的重要来源)的比较,揭示了塞内加是如何利用戏剧性和互文性的不连续性,使辩论——辩证法——不仅具有质疑神话传统的力量,而且具有培养批判性思维的力量:在缺乏明确理由的情况下对行为的沉思。
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CLASSICAL WORLD
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期刊介绍: Classical World (ISSN 0009-8418) is the quarterly journal of The Classical Association of the Atlantic States, published on a seasonal schedule with Fall (September-November), Winter (December-February), Spring (March-May), and Summer (June-August) issues. Begun in 1907 as The Classical Weekly, this peer-reviewed journal publishes contributions on all aspects of Greek and Roman literature, history, and society.
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