Fragments of Thought About the Tragic Fragments: Theodoros Terzopoulos’ Views on Fragmentary Greek Tragedy

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关键词: tragedy;    tragic fragments;    theodoros terzopoulos;    fragmentary tragedy;    aeschylus;    directing;    dramaturgy;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In 2003, Theodoros Terzopoulos, the internationally acclaimed Greek theatre director, staged a performance which was based on fragments of ancient Greek dramas written by Aeschylus; the play he created was called Epigonoi. Seventeen years later—on the occasion of an interview, parts of which compose this article—Terzopoulos revisited that performance and made a fresh appraisal of it: he shared his thoughts on concepts like the fragment, the fragmented narrative and the fragmented life; he related the ancient, fragmented texts with the essence of myths and the darkness of tragedy; and he contemplated on their connection with the ubiquitous notions of trauma and of vacuum. In accordance with the article’s subject matter, for the presentation of Terzopoulos’ fragments of thought, a dictum by Ronald Barthes was followed: “Incoherence seems to me preferable to a distorting order.”

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