Antigone, Interrupted: Greek Tragedy and the Future

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon
Upgrade to the latest Flash Player for improved playback performance. Upgrade now or more info.
3,807
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Mar 8, 2010

Bonnie Honig presents her inaugural lecture as the Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor in Political Science at Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Delivered February 9, 2010.

Category:

Education

Tags:

License:

Standard YouTube License

  • likes, 0 dislikes

Link to this comment:

Share to:

Top Comments

  • introductory jabber; 5:50 lecture begins; 7:25 Background info; 8:30 Summary of play; 11:30 Creon's side of things and the universal suffering of the New Humanists; 15:20 Antigone's Dirge (Last Speech) and its three allusions; 27:20 critics don't see Antigone as political but perhaps she is using the only voice available: parody, mimicry, and citation; 33:20 modern claimants to the title of Antigone: Lyla Lipscomb and 40:45 Cindy Sheehan; 46:16 conclusion; 47:20 lecture is over

see all

All Comments (9)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • a bit annoying about the fact that, for them, its a big deal.

  • This sucks

  • what translation is she using?

  • This was incredibly helpful, and interesting :)

  • The actual play begins at 5:50

  • Merci. However, "CC" closed captions would be wunderful and super educational.

    BangkokJohnny c/o carsanook

    royaume de thailande

  • BONNIE, Superb lecture..... do you have a transcript that i may study ?

  • W Bush would love you.

  • What a fantastic lecture.

Loading...

Alert icon
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more