Illusory roles and choral identity in Satyr Drama in the Fifth Century b. C.

This paper analyzes four scenes from satirical dramas belonging to Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides in which the Chorus of Satyrs and Silenus allow themselves to imagine themselves in roles other than those arranged in the plot of the plays. This thought on possible choral roles occurs in the cont...

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Autor principal: De Santis, Guillermo
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Publicado: Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Humandiades. Instituto de Letras 2021
Materias:
ilusión
rol coral
identidad coral
metateatralidad
drama satírico
Self-delusion
Choral role
Choral identity
Metatheatricality
Satyr drama
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spelling I48-R154-article-54212023-08-02T15:29:52Z Illusory roles and choral identity in Satyr Drama in the Fifth Century b. C. Roles ilusorios e identidad coral en el drama satírico del siglo V a.C. De Santis, Guillermo ilusión rol coral identidad coral metateatralidad drama satírico Self-delusion Choral role Choral identity Metatheatricality Satyr drama This paper analyzes four scenes from satirical dramas belonging to Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides in which the Chorus of Satyrs and Silenus allow themselves to imagine themselves in roles other than those arranged in the plot of the plays. This thought on possible choral roles occurs in the context of self-absorption and tends to suspend the choral action to project an image that the audience recognizes as impossible and, even contradictory to that of a Chorus of Satyrs, not only in this dramatic genre but also in myth and cultural imagery. This contradiction is a source of laughter both because the satyrs claim to be what the public knows they are not and because the abrupt ending of their self-delusion and the ensuing return to their choral role show them incapable of sustaining their own self-made fiction. At the same time, these fleeting moments are meta-theatrical instances that speak of the plasticity of a Chorus capable of assuming different identities, despite always being a Chorus of satyrs. This attribute consistently places the Chorus in the theatrical rite in and opposes it to the choruses of the prior Tragic trilogy El presente trabajo analiza cuatro escenas de dramas satíricos pertenecientes a Esquilo, Sófocles y Eurípides en las que el Coro de sátiros y Sileno se permiten pensarse a sí mismos en roles distintos a los dispuestos en la trama de las obras. Esta reflexión acerca de los posibles roles corales se da en el contexto de un ensimismamiento que tiende a suspender la acción coral para proyectar una imagen que el auditorio reconoce como imposible e, incluso, contraria a la de un Coro de sátiros no solo en este género dramático sino también en el mito y el imaginario cultural.Esta contradicción genera un cuadro irrisorio tanto porque los sátiros afirman ser lo que el público sabe que no son y porque el quebranto (¿abrupto final?) de su falsa ilusión y la consecuente vuelta a su rol coral los muestra incapaces de sostener su propia ficción.Al mismo tiempo, estos fugaces momentos son instancias metateatrales que muestran la plasticidad de un Coro capaz de asumir diferentes identidades a pesar de ser siempre un Coro de sátiros y lo ubica consistentemente en el rito teatral y lo contrapone a los coros de la trilogía trágica precedente. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Humandiades. Instituto de Letras 2021-08-27 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo revisado por pares application/pdf https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/5421 10.30972/clt.0165421 Cuadernos de Literatura; Núm. 16 (2021): Junio; 99-114 2684-0499 0326-5102 spa https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/5421/5248 Derechos de autor 2021 Cuadernos de Literatura
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topic ilusión
rol coral
identidad coral
metateatralidad
drama satírico
Self-delusion
Choral role
Choral identity
Metatheatricality
Satyr drama
spellingShingle ilusión
rol coral
identidad coral
metateatralidad
drama satírico
Self-delusion
Choral role
Choral identity
Metatheatricality
Satyr drama
De Santis, Guillermo
Illusory roles and choral identity in Satyr Drama in the Fifth Century b. C.
topic_facet ilusión
rol coral
identidad coral
metateatralidad
drama satírico
Self-delusion
Choral role
Choral identity
Metatheatricality
Satyr drama
author De Santis, Guillermo
author_facet De Santis, Guillermo
author_sort De Santis, Guillermo
title Illusory roles and choral identity in Satyr Drama in the Fifth Century b. C.
title_short Illusory roles and choral identity in Satyr Drama in the Fifth Century b. C.
title_full Illusory roles and choral identity in Satyr Drama in the Fifth Century b. C.
title_fullStr Illusory roles and choral identity in Satyr Drama in the Fifth Century b. C.
title_full_unstemmed Illusory roles and choral identity in Satyr Drama in the Fifth Century b. C.
title_sort illusory roles and choral identity in satyr drama in the fifth century b. c.
description This paper analyzes four scenes from satirical dramas belonging to Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides in which the Chorus of Satyrs and Silenus allow themselves to imagine themselves in roles other than those arranged in the plot of the plays. This thought on possible choral roles occurs in the context of self-absorption and tends to suspend the choral action to project an image that the audience recognizes as impossible and, even contradictory to that of a Chorus of Satyrs, not only in this dramatic genre but also in myth and cultural imagery. This contradiction is a source of laughter both because the satyrs claim to be what the public knows they are not and because the abrupt ending of their self-delusion and the ensuing return to their choral role show them incapable of sustaining their own self-made fiction. At the same time, these fleeting moments are meta-theatrical instances that speak of the plasticity of a Chorus capable of assuming different identities, despite always being a Chorus of satyrs. This attribute consistently places the Chorus in the theatrical rite in and opposes it to the choruses of the prior Tragic trilogy
publisher Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Humandiades. Instituto de Letras
publishDate 2021
url https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/5421
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