Memory, Mimesis, Tragedy
The Scene Before Philosophy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4551041 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul A Kottman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 81-97 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theatre Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-2882 • E-ISSN: 1086-332X |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tj.2003.0028 |
| OpenAlex | W2106926058 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 8 |
Through an interpretation of a well-known incident from Herodotus-the Athenian reception of the early tragedy The Fall of Miletus by Phrynicus-Kottman argues that the origins of tragedy lie not, as Vernant, Segal and others have suggested, in a mimetic presentation of political life or in a consciously fictional questioning of the city. Rather, by focusing on the singular reaction of the Athenians to The Fall of Miletus, Kottman posits a "pre-philosophical" approach to the origins of theatre, one that stresses the shared, living memory of the spectators. Instead of witnessing the mimesis of a legendary figure, the audience instead partakes of a mimesis of quite a different sort. Through this more originary mimesis, Kottman argues for a re-evaluation of the relationship between mimesis and politics more generally, in light of this early attempt by Phrynicus to stage the political prior to the philosophical
Art · Interpretation (philosophy · Literature · Politics · Presentation (obstetrics · Tragedy (event · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
Lyric Oblivion
Memory, the Orators, and the Public in Fourth-century bc Athens
Economies of Memory in Greek Tragedy
Plotinus on Memory, Recollection and Discursive Thought
The Place and Nature of Memory in Greek Historiography
The Greek Philosophers on How to Memorise – and Learn
Aristophanes and his Muses, or Memory in a Comic Key
Plotinus
Hellenistic Cultural Memory
Claudius Aelianus
Is Memory of the Past?
Speaking in the Wax Tablets of Memory
«Politicidad» De La Mímesis
Archive Feelings
From Anthropology to Social Theory
Greek Memories
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |