Euripides and his Tragedy Hecuba transfigured into Polixena y la cocinerita (1931), a "pyrotechnic farse" by Alfonsina Storni

This article analyzes the poetics of the play Polixena y la cocinerita (1931), by Alfonsina Storni. It proposes to study how the author appropriates the tragedy Hecuba, by Euripides, through rewriting operations, and how she turns the famous playwright into a character.&am...

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Autor principal: Dubatti, Jorge
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Centro de Literatura Comparada 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs3/index.php/boletinliteratura/article/view/4181
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topic Eurípides
Hécuba
Políxena
Alfonsina Storni
Modernización teatral
Euripides
Hecuba
Polixena
Alfonsina Storni
Theatrical Modernization
spellingShingle Eurípides
Hécuba
Políxena
Alfonsina Storni
Modernización teatral
Euripides
Hecuba
Polixena
Alfonsina Storni
Theatrical Modernization
Dubatti, Jorge
Euripides and his Tragedy Hecuba transfigured into Polixena y la cocinerita (1931), a "pyrotechnic farse" by Alfonsina Storni
topic_facet Eurípides
Hécuba
Políxena
Alfonsina Storni
Modernización teatral
Euripides
Hecuba
Polixena
Alfonsina Storni
Theatrical Modernization
author Dubatti, Jorge
author_facet Dubatti, Jorge
author_sort Dubatti, Jorge
title Euripides and his Tragedy Hecuba transfigured into Polixena y la cocinerita (1931), a "pyrotechnic farse" by Alfonsina Storni
title_short Euripides and his Tragedy Hecuba transfigured into Polixena y la cocinerita (1931), a "pyrotechnic farse" by Alfonsina Storni
title_full Euripides and his Tragedy Hecuba transfigured into Polixena y la cocinerita (1931), a "pyrotechnic farse" by Alfonsina Storni
title_fullStr Euripides and his Tragedy Hecuba transfigured into Polixena y la cocinerita (1931), a "pyrotechnic farse" by Alfonsina Storni
title_full_unstemmed Euripides and his Tragedy Hecuba transfigured into Polixena y la cocinerita (1931), a "pyrotechnic farse" by Alfonsina Storni
title_sort euripides and his tragedy hecuba transfigured into polixena y la cocinerita (1931), a "pyrotechnic farse" by alfonsina storni
description This article analyzes the poetics of the play Polixena y la cocinerita (1931), by Alfonsina Storni. It proposes to study how the author appropriates the tragedy Hecuba, by Euripides, through rewriting operations, and how she turns the famous playwright into a character. Polixena y la cocinerita is a relevant case of the theatrical modernization of Argentina in the 1930s. This modernization concerns, on one hand, formal aspects of the dramatic structure, and on the other, the semantic and thematic dimension of its representation of women as "modern slaves". While declaring fascination for men, the text denounces the apology of masculine values, sexism, classism and gender violence, which leads "the little cook" to suicide. It denounces the suffering of workers in a society of inequality. It also marks a politics of difference with respect to the past: it puts on the scene new roles for the "adventurous" woman, who seeks to "go out into the world" and establish herself in a (self) observation laboratory of social reality to produce knowledge and generate transformations. New roles that, along with discoveries and affirmations, reveal resistances, oppositions and difficulties in the project of building a new space for women in contemporary times.
publisher Centro de Literatura Comparada
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url https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs3/index.php/boletinliteratura/article/view/4181
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