Destabilizing Perspectives: Bringing the Greek Myth of Thyestes Up to Date in Emilio García Wehbi’s Staging

On the basis of the Myth of Thyestes and the Senecan tragedy, Garcia Wehbi’s play Tiestes y Atreo staged at the Cervantes National Theatre deconstructs a number of key elements of Western-Christian history, such as patriarchy. This article undertakes a semiologic analysis of the various cultural ref...

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Autor principal: Corradi, Matías
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2018
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Sumario:On the basis of the Myth of Thyestes and the Senecan tragedy, Garcia Wehbi’s play Tiestes y Atreo staged at the Cervantes National Theatre deconstructs a number of key elements of Western-Christian history, such as patriarchy. This article undertakes a semiologic analysis of the various cultural referents (artistic, religious) inserted into the script in order to show how the concept of “inter-textual collage” underpins the poetry of the play, while it constitutes Garcia Wehbi’s main tool to destabilise the dominant symbolic order.