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Gonda Van Steen: Descending into a Modern Underworld - 2/20 @ 11am (HG 1030)

The UCI Department of Classics presents--

DESCENDING INTO A MODERN UNDERWORLD: Aris Alexandrou's Antigone
by Gonda Van Steen (University of Florida)

Tuesday, February 20th @ 11am
Humanities Gateway 1030

Aris Alexandrou wrote his Antigone play in 1951, while he spent time as a political prisoner on the notorious Greek island of Makronisos. Alexandria’s Antigone character becomes emblematic for the conflicts of 1940s Greece and for the lack of feasible solutions. But as an antidote against crisis, she presents and embodies self-critique, independent thinking, and a resilient drive to unmask hypocrisy, no matter in which ideological camp it lurks.