Plays and Fragments: Antigone, Film, Modernity

• Published in: Modernist cultures Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 1
• Main Author: O'Rawe, Des
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 01.02.2022
• Subjects: Fragments; Installation; Mass media images; Modernism; Modernity; Motion pictures; Social environment; Television

Within the history of modernity, the tragic shape and ethical concerns of the Antigone myth have made it a touchstone for understanding contemporary cultural and political realities. This essay traces the modernist processes of adaptation, citation, displacement, and revision that have often charact...