Classics and Poetry Now
Classics and Poetry Now
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Classics and Poetry Now is a series of occasional podcasts that have developed out of a research network of the same name. The network is made up of scholars and creative artists with a shared interest in the ancient Mediterranean and its persistent and varying resonances in the modern world. Together, we explore the ways in which the myths, literature, and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome are refigured in poetic works of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Artwork: © Thom Cuschieri
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Explores the interplay between ancient Greek and Roman literature and modern poetic expressions, covering topics such as the influence of antiquity on World War I poetry, with specific episodes like conversations about poets Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen's reimagining of classical themes.
Classics and Poetry Now is a series of occasional podcasts that have developed out of a research network of the same name. The network is made up of scholars and creative artists with a shared interest in the ancient Mediterranean and its persistent and varying resonances in the modern world. Together, we explore the ways in which the myths, literature, and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome are refigured in poetic works of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Artwork: © Thom Cuschieri
In this episode of the Classics and Poetry Now podcast, composer and Impresario at the Centre for the Less Good Idea, Neo Muyanga, discusses his work with Justine McConnell, including his recent adaptation of Euripides' ancient tragedy, The Bacchae. Together with Jay Pather, Mthuthuzeli November, and the Joburg Ballet, Neo recently created and staged The Bacchae: An African Choral Ballet.
Scenes from the production can be watched on YouTube and Instagram.
Texts mentioned in the conversation:
- Epic of Gilgamesh (c.1200 BCE)
- Anne Carson, Euripides: Bakkhai (2015)
- Euripides, Bacchae (first performed in 405 BCE)
- Gilbert Murray, The Bacchae of Euripides. Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes. (first published in 1904)
- Justine McConnell, 'Postcolonial Sparagmos: Toni Morrison's Sula and Wole Soyinka's The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite' (2016)
- Wole Soyinka, The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite (1973)
Artwork: © Thom Cuschieri
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