Tragedy Since 9/11

From the trauma of September 11th, through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, to the aftermath of the Arab Spring and the environmental warning signs of climate change, this book reflects on the crises and terrifying events of the early 21st century and argues that a knowledge of tragedy from the works of Sophocles to Shakespeare to Samuel Beckett can help us understand them. Jennifer Wallace offers a cultural analysis of the tragic events of the past two decades with reference to a litany of key dramatic texts, including Aeschylus' Oresteia, Euripides' Hecuba, Iphigenia in Aulis, Trojan Women and Bacchae, Homer's Iliad, Ibsen's Emperor and Galilean and Enemy of the People, and Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Macbeth and King Lear, among others.

De la trauma din 11 septembrie, pana la razboaiele din Afganistan si Irak, pana la primele primaverii arabe si semnele de avertizare de mediu ale schimbarilor climatice, aceasta carte reflecta asupra crizelor si evenimentelor terifiante de la inceputul secolului XXI si sustine ca o cunoastere de tragedie de la operele lui Sofocle la Shakespeare la Samuel Beckett ne poate ajuta sa le intelegem.