6/23/2023 0 Comments Soyinka the bacchae of euripides![]() ![]() Reabsorbed within the communal psyche he provokes the resources of nature in turn he is replenished for the cyclic rain in his fragile individual potency." The blending of two master playwrights―Euripides and Soyinka―makes for an unforgettable experience. "Man reaffirms his indebtedness to earth, dedicates himself to the demands of continuity, and invokes the energies of productivity. ![]() "The Bacchae is the rites of an extravagant banquet, a monstrous feast," Soyinka writes. In his hands The Bacchae becomes a communal feast, a tumultuous celebration of life, and a robust ritual of the human and social psyche. Complicating this reading further is the fact that The Bacchae of Euripides was commissioned by the National Theatre, a politically savvy move since Soyinka. Dionysiac Triangles: The Politics of Culture in Wole Soyinka’s The Bacchae of Euripides - Barbara Goff II. He does so with a poet's ear for the cadences and rhythms of chorus and solo verse as well as a commanding dramatic use of the central social and religious myth. Wole Soyinka has translated―in both language and spirit―a great classic of ancient Greek theater. ![]() Publication Year: 2004 (Originally published 1973) Title: The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite ![]()
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