Antigone, by Walter Hasenclever – To die for what ideal?
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https://doi.org/10.34624/fb.v0i21.41462Keywords:
Walter Hasenclever, Antigone, Historical context, Expressionism, Ethical and political valuesAbstract
In 1917 Walter Hasenclever wrote to Albert Ehrenstein, shortly after completing his Antigone: “I only know the Sophoclian Antigone superficially – the whole plan will persuade you that it is my work and that this really is an Antigone of 1917.” In our paper we will evaluate the correctness of these statements, for which we will begin by tracing the historical-social framework and the literary context that gave birth to the drama, then seeking to ascertain the relations of intertextuality with Sophocles’ Antigone and to highlight the specificity of this rewriting.
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