The whole Iliad is a Stage. Christopher Logue’s War Music and the Performative Nature of the Iliad

Authors

  • Tatiana Faia Universidade de Lisboa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2177-4218.v5i5p150-164

Keywords:

Homer, Iliad, Reception, Christopher Logue, War Music, Performance.

Abstract

This essay takes Christopher Logue’s adaptation of the Iliad, War Music as a lens to consider the performative nature of the Homeric poem. By analysing Logue’s version as a critical reading of the poem, I explore how his adaptationpinpoints the performative potential of the poem, whereas offering a challenging interpretation of key questions that cannot quite be detached of the notion of characters as performers. I focus mostly on Il. 1 and on the first instalment of War Music, Kings.

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Author Biography

  • Tatiana Faia, Universidade de Lisboa
    Researcher at the  Centro de Estudos Clássicos of the Universidade de Lisboa.

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Published

2014-12-12

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 5 (2014)

Section

Essays

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The whole Iliad is a Stage. Christopher Logue’s War Music and the Performative Nature of the Iliad. (2014). Mare Nostrum, 5(5), 150-164. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2177-4218.v5i5p150-164