Recent Readings on Greek Tragedy: Exploring Emotionalism and Queer Themes
Delve into recent readings on Greek tragedy, focusing on the emotional depth of Oedipus, the interplay between emotions and politics, and an intriguing queer interpretation of Bacchae. Explore the essence of tragic emotionalism and its significance in the soul's structure, as discussed by Xavier Buxton and scholars like Griffin and Goldhill. Uncover the spirited element's role alongside reason and appetite, reflecting on the complexities of human nature and the influence of nurture on the soul.
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Greek Tragedy: Some recent readings Xavier Buxton
Tragic Emotion(alism) The end of Oedipus Emotionalism at the heart of tragedy Emotions vs politics (Griffin vs Goldhill)
Tragic Emotion(alism) What we now think about the spirited element is just the opposite of our recent surmise. For then we supposed it to be a part of the appetitive, but now, far from that, we say that, in the factions12of the soul, it much rather marshals itself on the side of the reason. By all means, he said. Is it then distinct from this too, or is it a form of the rational, so that there are not three but two kinds in the soul, the rational and the appetitive, or just as in the city there were three existing kinds that composed its structure, the moneymakers, the helpers, the counsellors, so also in the soul there exists a third kind, this principle of high spirit, which is the helper of reason by nature unless it is corrupted by evil nurture? (Pl. Resp. 440e-441a)
