Oliver Stone’s Aristotle
Heroism, displacement, and Aristotelian form in Alexander
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12936593 |
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| Authors | Ricardo Apostol (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 357-374 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-18 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Classical Receptions Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1759-5134 • E-ISSN: 1759-5142 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/crj/clv009 |
| OpenAlex | W2473683286 |
| Language | EN |
This essay will argue that Aristotle is central to Oliver Stone’s Alexander films, both as theorist and as character; that in fact the Aristotle character (rather than the protagonist) can be read as the hero of the narrative; and that this displacement of heroism from the protagonist to a secondary character is typical of Oliver Stone’s films, and results from a deep anxiety over traditional notions of heroism and the role of paternal authority figures
Art · Character (mathematics · Displacement (psychology · Geometry · HERO · Literature · Narrative · Psychoanalysis · Cinema and Media Studies · Psychology · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism · Theater, Performance, and Music History · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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