Dramatic Action in Greek Tragedy and Noh: Reading with and beyond Aristotle by Mae J. Smethurst (review)

Judy Halebsky

doi:10.1353/atj.2014.0042

Dramatic Action in Greek Tragedy and Noh: Reading with and beyond Aristotle by Mae J. Smethurst (review)

Judy Halebsky

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Abstract

Mae J. Smethurst’s scholarship offers an illuminating examination of aspects of Japanese nō through Aristotle’s Poetics. Smethurst focuses on genzai or realistic nō alongside tragedies by Sophocles and Euripides that Aristotle favored. Published by Lexington Books, this text is part of the series Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches curated in partnership with Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	622-625
Number of pages	4
Journal	Asian Theatre Journal
Volume	31
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/atj.2014.0042
State	Published - 2014

Keywords

Noh Theater
Japanese Theater
Greek Tragedy
MFA in Creative Writing

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Arts and Humanities

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