Athenian Sun in an African Sky: Modern African Adaptations of Classical Greek Tragedy Book

Athenian Sun in an African Sky: Modern African Adaptations of Classical Greek Tragedy, Western literature has become more influential in Africa since the independence of many of that continent's countries in the early 1960s. In particular, Greek tragedy has grown as model and inspiration for African theatre artists. This work begins with a , Athenian Sun in an African Sky: Modern African Adaptations of Classical Greek Tragedy

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Athenian Sun in an African Sky: Modern African Adaptations of Classical Greek Tragedy
Written by author Jr. Kevin J. Wetmore
Published by McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, October 2001
Western literature has become more influential in Africa since the independence of many of that continent's countries in the early 1960s. In particular, Greek tragedy has grown as model and inspiration for African theatre artists. This work begins with a
The use of Greek tragedy as a model by African theater artists has been a growing trend since the early 1960s. In this study, Wetmore (theater, Denison U.) considers how modern African playwrights have adapted classical Greek tragedy. Wetmore begins with

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Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Library Doors of Classical Africa 1
1 Africa's Classical Legacy - Athens' African Legacy 7
Greek Colonization and the Greek Construction of Africa 8
Afrocentric Classicism 15
The Impact of Afrocentric Classicism on Greco-African Adaptations 20
2 Attic Tragedy - Afric Tragedy 23
Tragedy, Myth, and Orality: Athens and Africa 24
Homer and Indigenous African Epic 28
The Introduction of Greek Tragedy to Africa 30
Postcolonial Theatre, Transculturation, Hybridity, and the Art of Adaptation 35
Tragic Theory and African Tragic Theory 44
Summary: Greek Tragedy in Africa 48
Aristophanes in Africa 50
3 Ritual, Roots, and Tragic Form 53
Ritual and Sacrifice in Greece and Africa 57
A Return to Origins: Song of a Goat 62
Dionysus and Ogun: The Yoruba Tragedy of Wole Soyinka 75
Ritual and Revolution: Soyinka and The Bacchae of Euripides 81
4 The Voice of the Polis 99
Political Theatre in Athens and Africa: Myth as Civic Lesson 99
Fate and the State: Ola Rotimi's The Gods Are Not to Blame 103
The Household Suffers as Society Suffers: Edufa 120
South Africa as Tragic Protagonist: Demea 130
5 Orestes in South Africa 143
The Myth of Orestes 143
Orestes the Mother-Killer: Fugard's Orestes 145
Orestes on Trial: The Song of Jacob Zulu 153
Changing Orestes, Changing South Africa 166
6 African Antigones 169
Antigone in Africa 169
African and Greek Attitudes to Death, Burial, and the Gods 173
Antigone in Exile 1: Odale's Choice 176
Antigone in Exile 2: Tegonni 181
Antigone Under Apartheid: The Island 194
Life Mirrors Art: Black Wedding Candles for Blessed Antigone 203
Conclusion: African Theatre in a Postcultural World 213
Bibliography 219
Index 229

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A controversial work...it is difficult to accept that this great distinguished author (camara Laye) might not really have written a classic like The radiance of the King; then how is it that the African ambience is so convincingly enacted in the work despite the kafkaesque background? Adele King as usual does her research very well - but one is still left with lingering feeling of disbelief; even anguish...

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	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: The Library Doors of Classical Africa	1
1	Africa's Classical Legacy - Athens' African Legacy	7
	Greek Colonization and the Greek Construction of Africa	8
	Afrocentric Classicism	15
	The Impact of Afrocentric Classicism on Greco-African Adaptations	20
2	Attic Tragedy - Afric Tragedy	23
	Tragedy, Myth, and Orality: Athens and Africa	24
	Homer and Indigenous African Epic	28
	The Introduction of Greek Tragedy to Africa	30
	Postcolonial Theatre, Transculturation, Hybridity, and the Art of Adaptation	35
	Tragic Theory and African Tragic Theory	44
	Summary: Greek Tragedy in Africa	48
	Aristophanes in Africa	50
3	Ritual, Roots, and Tragic Form	53
	Ritual and Sacrifice in Greece and Africa	57
	A Return to Origins: Song of a Goat	62
	Dionysus and Ogun: The Yoruba Tragedy of Wole Soyinka	75
	Ritual and Revolution: Soyinka and The Bacchae of Euripides	81
4	The Voice of the Polis	99
	Political Theatre in Athens and Africa: Myth as Civic Lesson	99
	Fate and the State: Ola Rotimi's The Gods Are Not to Blame	103
	The Household Suffers as Society Suffers: Edufa	120
	South Africa as Tragic Protagonist: Demea	130
5	Orestes in South Africa	143
	The Myth of Orestes	143
	Orestes the Mother-Killer: Fugard's Orestes	145
	Orestes on Trial: The Song of Jacob Zulu	153
	Changing Orestes, Changing South Africa	166
6	African Antigones	169
	Antigone in Africa	169
	African and Greek Attitudes to Death, Burial, and the Gods	173
	Antigone in Exile 1: Odale's Choice	176
	Antigone in Exile 2: Tegonni	181
	Antigone Under Apartheid: The Island	194
	Life Mirrors Art: Black Wedding Candles for Blessed Antigone	203
	Conclusion: African Theatre in a Postcultural World	213
	Bibliography	219
	Index	229