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oapen-20.500.12657-891812024-04-03T02:24:31Z Chapter Codificazione della violenza: l’Elektra di Hugo von Hofmannsthal Puccioni, Linda Hugo von Hofmannsthal contemporary Austrian theatre Sophocles Euripides violence thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATD Theatre studies Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Elektra constitutes an important turning point in the transition from early lyric to theatre. Inspired by Sophocles' drama, but with elements more similar to Euripides', it proposes a linguistic connotation, characterisation of the characters and a completely innovative and unconventional staging. Blood, a concrete representation of the unprecedented violence that characterises the entire drama, is the red thread that links the succession of events. Words turn into weapons and the protagonist's thirst for vengeance drives the action. The finale culminates in a supreme act of violence that sees the roles reversed: the executioners become victims and the victims executioners. This is the only solution to end the circle of brutal suffering. 2024-04-02T15:48:53Z 2024-04-02T15:48:53Z 2023 chapter ONIX_20240402_9791221502787_150 2975-0229 9791221502787 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/89181 ita Studi di letterature moderne e comparate application/pdf n/a 9791221502787_08.pdf https://books.fupress.com/doi/capitoli/979-12-215-0278-7_8 Firenze University Press USiena Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0278-7.08 Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Elektra constitutes an important turning point in the transition from early lyric to theatre. Inspired by Sophocles' drama, but with elements more similar to Euripides', it proposes a linguistic connotation, characterisation of the characters and a completely innovative and unconventional staging. Blood, a concrete representation of the unprecedented violence that characterises the entire drama, is the red thread that links the succession of events. Words turn into weapons and the protagonist's thirst for vengeance drives the action. The finale culminates in a supreme act of violence that sees the roles reversed: the executioners become victims and the victims executioners. This is the only solution to end the circle of brutal suffering. 10.36253/979-12-215-0278-7.08 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9791221502787 USiena Press 3 12 Florence open access
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Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Elektra constitutes an important turning point in the transition from early lyric to theatre. Inspired by Sophocles' drama, but with elements more similar to Euripides', it proposes a linguistic connotation, characterisation of the characters and a completely innovative and unconventional staging. Blood, a concrete representation of the unprecedented violence that characterises the entire drama, is the red thread that links the succession of events. Words turn into weapons and the protagonist's thirst for vengeance drives the action. The finale culminates in a supreme act of violence that sees the roles reversed: the executioners become victims and the victims executioners. This is the only solution to end the circle of brutal suffering.
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