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An Alternative Paradigm for Studying and Performing Athenian Drama
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Ancient Athenian drama is most often viewed through the lens of contemporary professional theater in which there is not necessarily any social, structural, or political connection between theater and audience. Closer examination reveals, however, that this drama much more closely resembles modern community theater, which has strong ties to local issues, politics, and audiences.
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Ancient Comedy, Women’s Lives: Finding Social History and Seeing the Present in Classical Comedy
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This essay proposes that the study of Classics, the ancient Greco-Roman world, remains vital for the future of humanities and, indeed, for the future of the university.
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On Close Reading and Sound Recording
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The emerging interdisciplinary nexus of sound studies has brought us rich sound-centered histories and ethnographies and opened up illuminating theoretical questions about the ontologies of sound, music, and the voice.
Keyword: performance
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