Betine Van Zyl Smit
Biographic Data
| ID | 5717574 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Betine Van Zyl Smit |
| GIVEN NAMES | Betine Van Zyl |
| FAMILY NAME | Smit |
| SIGNATURE | SMIT B Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Western Cape |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3537-311X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Handbook to the Reception of Greek Drama
The Amorous Queen and the Country Bumpkin
This paper investigates the depiction of Clytaemestra and Egistus in the narrative poem of the North African poet, Dracontius. A close reading of the Latin epyllion explores the similarities and differences between this Clytaemestra and Egistus and their representation in the Greek and Roman tradition
Orestes and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The cycle of revenge and its resolution depicted in the ancient Greek tragedies dealing with the children of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra has engaged the minds of a number of South African playwrights who witnessed the attempts made by means of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to ensure that there would not be violent retribution for past wrongs in the transition from the minority regime to full democracy in the 1990s. The same myth cycle in…
Multicultural Reception
This chapter contains section titled: Introduction Hybridity and Language Syncretism and Reconciliation Comedy as Critique and Celebration Contemporary Trends
Antigone in South Africa
Journal Article ANTIGONE IN SOUTH AFRICA Get access BETINE VAN ZYL SMIT BETINE VAN ZYL SMIT University of the Western Cape Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 49, Issue Supplement_87, January 2006, Pages 281–298, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.2006.tb02344.x Published: 27 July 2011
Aristophanes in South Africa
In his valuable study of the reception of Greek drama in Africa, The Athenian Sun in an African Sky, Wetmore devotes only two pages to Aristophanes in He remarks that the tendency around the world to privilege tragedy over comedy, especially for adaptation (Wetmore, 2002:52), is even more pronounced in Africa
The Amorous Queen and the Country Bumpkin
This paper investigates the depiction of Clytaemestra and Egistus in the narrative poem of the North African poet, Dracontius. A close reading of the Latin epyllion explores the similarities and differences between this Clytaemestra and Egistus and their representation in the Greek and Roman tradition
Orestes and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The cycle of revenge and its resolution depicted in the ancient Greek tragedies dealing with the children of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra has engaged the minds of a number of South African playwrights who witnessed the attempts made by means of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to ensure that there would not be violent retribution for past wrongs in the transition from the minority regime to full democracy in the 1990s. The same myth cycle in…
Aristophanes in South Africa
In his valuable study of the reception of Greek drama in Africa, The Athenian Sun in an African Sky, Wetmore devotes only two pages to Aristophanes in He remarks that the tendency around the world to privilege tragedy over comedy, especially for adaptation (Wetmore, 2002:52), is even more pronounced in Africa
Antigone in South Africa
Journal Article ANTIGONE IN SOUTH AFRICA Get access BETINE VAN ZYL SMIT BETINE VAN ZYL SMIT University of the Western Cape Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 49, Issue Supplement_87, January 2006, Pages 281–298, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.2006.tb02344.x Published: 27 July 2011
Multicultural Reception
This chapter contains section titled: Introduction Hybridity and Language Syncretism and Reconciliation Comedy as Critique and Celebration Contemporary Trends
Orestes and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The cycle of revenge and its resolution depicted in the ancient Greek tragedies dealing with the children of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra has engaged the minds of a number of South African playwrights who witnessed the attempts made by means of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to ensure that there would not be violent retribution for past wrongs in the transition from the minority regime to full democracy in the 1990s. The same myth cycle in…
The Amorous Queen and the Country Bumpkin
This paper investigates the depiction of Clytaemestra and Egistus in the narrative poem of the North African poet, Dracontius. A close reading of the Latin epyllion explores the similarities and differences between this Clytaemestra and Egistus and their representation in the Greek and Roman tradition
A Handbook to the Reception of Greek Drama
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