In 2011 Nathan Gabriel directed Arthur Miller's A View From The Bridge for his graduate thesis production at Temple University in Philadelphia. In this essay, Gabriel posits that keeping the character of Eddie ignorant about his true feelings for Catherine until the final moments of the play is crucial to making the play work. He supports his argument by pointing to the changes Miller made in the script between the one-act and two-act versions. Gabriel demonstrates how the play followed Aristotle's ideal for a classic Greek tragedy and compares this ideal with Miller's conviction that a true tragedy should not only be sad but should also teach its audience how to better live their lives. He also defends his choice to keep the true sexuality of Rodolpho ambiguous and examines the creative journey of his designers. / Theater

Orientador: Maria Lúcia Pinheiro Sampaio / Banca: Ingrid Ani Assmann de Freitas / Banca: Afonso de Castro / Banca: Alamir Aquino Corrêa / Banca: Lúcio Flávio de Carvalho / Resumo: Este trabalho apresenta um estudo comparativo entre Antígona (442 a.C.) de Sófocles e as peças O Pagador de Promessas (1960), O Santo Inquérito (1966) e As Primícias (1977), do dramaturgo contemporâneo Dias Gomes, a fim de observar a presença e a transformação do gênero trágico no teatro contemporâneo. As peças, observadas pelo perfil das personagens protagonistas, podem ser lidas a partir de uma tipologia do herói trágico, na medida em que apresentam uma forte tonalidade trágica na construção das personagens e na sua estrutura interna travando um diálogo intertextual com a tragédia antiga. A literatura comparada é a teoria que estabeleceu o caminho inspirador deste trabalho e, dado o seu caráter dialógico, determinou as partes e seqüências do mesmo. Sob o enfoque da literatura comparada observa-se que a dramaturgia de Dias Gomes, especialmente as peças aqui analisadas, apresentam traços de construção da personagem trágica que ora se aproximam, ora se distanciam de Antígona de Sófocles. A presente tese está estruturada em cinco capítulos: a primeira parte apresenta a fundamentação teórica, partindo de uma exposição panorâmica sobre a literatura comparada, método comparativo, histórico e evolução da concepção do método e da disciplina; material que subsidiará a análise das peças que constituem o objeto de estudo aqui apresentado. Na seqüência, a segunda parte faz um estudo sobre a sociedade grega e o teatro trágico, na tentativa de se compreender o processo criativo, as relações temáticas, a estrutura do gênero e a formação do herói trágico, para então, na terceira parte, apresentar... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This is a comparative study between Sophocles' Antigone (442 B.C.) and the plays O Pagador de Promessas (1960), O Santo Inquérito (1966) and As Primícias (1977) by the contemporary playwright Dias Gomes in order to look at the presence and the transformation of the tragic genre in the contemporary theater. The plays, taking into account the profile of the protagonists, can be read from a tragic hero typology, since they present a strong tragic tone in the construction of the characters and in their internal structure, establishing an intertextual dialogue with the ancient tragedy. Comparative Literature is the theory that indicated the inspiring path of this work and, given its dialogic essence, determined its parts and sequence. From a comparative stance, Dias Gomes's dramatic craft, particularly the plays analyzed here, presents traces of the construction of the tragic character, which at times resemble and at times differ from Sophocles' Antigone. This dissertation is structured in five chapters: the first part presents the theoretical foundation, starting with an overview of Comparative Literature, the comparative method, history and development of the method and the discipline, all of which will give support to the analysis of the plays focused here. The second part is a study of the Greek society and the tragic theater, in an attempt to understand the creative process, the thematic relations, the structure of the genre and the formation of the tragic hero so as to present, in the third part, a contextualizing study about Sophocles and the tragedy Antigone. Antigone was interpreted based on the meanings that characterize the tragic dimension... (Complete abstract, click electronic access below) / Doutor

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:35:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2003-05-09Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:46:39Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 alves_lk_dr_assis.pdf: 553093 bytes, checksum: 04a8a46d93c198707f73d71aa1a512e5 (MD5) / Este trabalho apresenta um estudo comparativo entre Antígona (442 a.C.) de Sófocles e as peças O Pagador de Promessas (1960), O Santo Inquérito (1966) e As Primícias (1977), do dramaturgo contemporâneo Dias Gomes, a fim de observar a presença e a transformação do gênero trágico no teatro contemporâneo. As peças, observadas pelo perfil das personagens protagonistas, podem ser lidas a partir de uma tipologia do herói trágico, na medida em que apresentam uma forte tonalidade trágica na construção das personagens e na sua estrutura interna travando um diálogo intertextual com a tragédia antiga. A literatura comparada é a teoria que estabeleceu o caminho inspirador deste trabalho e, dado o seu caráter dialógico, determinou as partes e seqüências do mesmo. Sob o enfoque da literatura comparada observa-se que a dramaturgia de Dias Gomes, especialmente as peças aqui analisadas, apresentam traços de construção da personagem trágica que ora se aproximam, ora se distanciam de Antígona de Sófocles. A presente tese está estruturada em cinco capítulos: a primeira parte apresenta a fundamentação teórica, partindo de uma exposição panorâmica sobre a literatura comparada, método comparativo, histórico e evolução da concepção do método e da disciplina; material que subsidiará a análise das peças que constituem o objeto de estudo aqui apresentado. Na seqüência, a segunda parte faz um estudo sobre a sociedade grega e o teatro trágico, na tentativa de se compreender o processo criativo, as relações temáticas, a estrutura do gênero e a formação do herói trágico, para então, na terceira parte, apresentar... / This is a comparative study between Sophocles' Antigone (442 B.C.) and the plays O Pagador de Promessas (1960), O Santo Inquérito (1966) and As Primícias (1977) by the contemporary playwright Dias Gomes in order to look at the presence and the transformation of the tragic genre in the contemporary theater. The plays, taking into account the profile of the protagonists, can be read from a tragic hero typology, since they present a strong tragic tone in the construction of the characters and in their internal structure, establishing an intertextual dialogue with the ancient tragedy. Comparative Literature is the theory that indicated the inspiring path of this work and, given its dialogic essence, determined its parts and sequence. From a comparative stance, Dias Gomes's dramatic craft, particularly the plays analyzed here, presents traces of the construction of the tragic character, which at times resemble and at times differ from Sophocles' Antigone. This dissertation is structured in five chapters: the first part presents the theoretical foundation, starting with an overview of Comparative Literature, the comparative method, history and development of the method and the discipline, all of which will give support to the analysis of the plays focused here. The second part is a study of the Greek society and the tragic theater, in an attempt to understand the creative process, the thematic relations, the structure of the genre and the formation of the tragic hero so as to present, in the third part, a contextualizing study about Sophocles and the tragedy Antigone. Antigone was interpreted based on the meanings that characterize the tragic dimension... (Complete abstract, click electronic access below)

Disney's Hercules is an apt modern reception of the ancient mythology of Herakles, acknowledging ancient and modern sources surrounding three types of classical hero: the archetypal hero, influenced by the ideas of Joseph Campbell; the Pan-Hellenic hero, distilled from ancient Greek exempla of heroism from epic and other genres of ancient literature; and the tragic hero, inspired by the heroic criteria presented in Aristotle's Poetics. By adapting these heroic types from their traditional ancient source myths, Disney's Hercules produces a new, contemporary definition of heroism—one informed by modern, Western family values. This adaptation renews the power of the myth of Herakles for a modern era, whose image and characteristics have been changed and adapted since ancient times to suit each receiving culture's conception of true heroism.

Text in German / Friedrich Durrenmatt hat die meisten seiner Dramen als Komodien oder Tragikomodien bezeichnet, da er davon uberzeugt war, daB es unmoglich sei, in der heutigen Zeit noch Tragodien zu schreiben. Diese Arbeit versucht am Beispiel einiger dramatischer Werke Durrenmatts zu zeigen, daB der Autor der "Physiker", der "Panne" und anderer Stucke, vor allem des "Besuchs der alten Dame", in weit hoherem MaBe der griechischen Tragodie verpflichtet war, als er erkannte oder zugeben wollte / Friedrich Durrenmatt has described most of his dramas either as comedies or as bitter comedies for he firmly believed that it was not suitable to write tragedies in our modern times. This paper was written to prove with the help of a few examples that the author of "The Physicists", "The Puncture" and others especially "The Visit" - was more bound to the classical Greek form of tragedy than he recognized or admitted / Linguistics and Modern Languages / M.A. (German)

Text in German / Friedrich Durrenmatt hat die meisten seiner Dramen als Komodien oder Tragikomodien bezeichnet, da er davon uberzeugt war, daB es unmoglich sei, in der heutigen Zeit noch Tragodien zu schreiben. Diese Arbeit versucht am Beispiel einiger dramatischer Werke Durrenmatts zu zeigen, daB der Autor der "Physiker", der "Panne" und anderer Stucke, vor allem des "Besuchs der alten Dame", in weit hoherem MaBe der griechischen Tragodie verpflichtet war, als er erkannte oder zugeben wollte / Friedrich Durrenmatt has described most of his dramas either as comedies or as bitter comedies for he firmly believed that it was not suitable to write tragedies in our modern times. This paper was written to prove with the help of a few examples that the author of "The Physicists", "The Puncture" and others especially "The Visit" - was more bound to the classical Greek form of tragedy than he recognized or admitted / Linguistics and Modern Languages / M.A. (German)