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Perhaps it's saga writers who don't talk about feelings. Take a look at the Oedipus plays, Antigone, Oedipus Tyrannus, Oedipus at Colonus. I can't say anythin
by kwhitefoot 8y ago
Perhaps it's saga writers who don't talk about feelings. Take a look at the Oedipus plays, Antigone, Oedipus Tyrannus, Oedipus at Colonus. I can't say anything about the ancient Greek but public performance of the modern dress English version of Antigone (based on Jean Anouilh's French version) that we put on in high school was as emotionally charged as you can get. If Sophocles were around now he'd be serious box office material.
- squozzer 8y agoI thought of Antigone's execution dirge as the post's counterexample. Or another example - Jesus praying in Gethsemane. Maybe fiction, maybe not, but certainly an example of internal exposition.
- akavel 8y agoAlso: the book of Ecclesiastes [1][2], or the Song of Songs [3] — poetry at its finest... how is it not about thoughts and feelings? [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes [2]: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes_(Bible) https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes_(Bible) [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_Songs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_Songs
- goto11 8y agoThe sagas also contain direct expressions of feelings. For example some characters are wont to burst into song to express their emotions. But the point is this is a form of direct speech, which the article contrast to an internal monologue.