Brünnhilde's Act

Brunnhilde's act in the totality of the Ring, the narrative of which should be read as a series of attempts to find the form of meaningful life. The Ring's philosophy, embodied in the plot and music, is to be taken seriously, for it reaches far over Richard Wagner's explicitly formula...

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Published inThe Opera quarterly Vol. 23; no. 2-3; pp. 199 - 216
Main Author i ek, Slavoj
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Oxford University Press 2007
Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
Subjects
Opera
Theater criticism
Theater directors & producers
Wagner, Richard (1813-83)
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Summary:Brunnhilde's act in the totality of the Ring, the narrative of which should be read as a series of attempts to find the form of meaningful life. The Ring's philosophy, embodied in the plot and music, is to be taken seriously, for it reaches far over Richard Wagner's explicitly formulated philosophy. Here, Zizek opposes Wagner's musical work to his own ideology--the ideology of the sexual relationship, of sexual love as the ultimate reference point that provides meaning in human life. His operas provide new versions of how "love doesn't work."
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ISSN:0736-0053
1476-2870
DOI:10.1093/oq/kbn044