This is interesting, and I think we can also relate it to what we read and talked about Greek tragedy so far. I thought it was surprising that even the prisoners got released to enjoy the 4 day festival, and that about 14000 spectators attended. We also learned women gained the ability to attend, which is significant because women were kept from many activities outside of the house at this time. I think this all speaks to the influence of music and the way stories connect communities together. The Greeks used old myths and well known stories, readapted them, and preformed them; this highlights the importance of shared culture and history in connecting as a group. The audience could relate to the story and knew it as a part of their culture, but still created new cultural bonds from the adaptations and new social points the playwright created. In "One Hundred Years of Solitude", there are struggles with unity and identity when that history is lost or unknown. As you said, song plays an important role in "Sing, Unburied, Sing" by connecting the prisoners to one another, connecting the people of the region together, and by immortalizing/passing down history. Just as these songs, like you pointed out, served as an escape for some, such as the Parchman prisoners, it did the same for the Greek prisoners and oppressed women; it also connected them as a unified group. The Greek performances were religious in the worship of Dionysus, just as religious songs were sung during worship in Parchman.
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Comment on Jessie's "SING, Unburied, SING: The Power of Song" post
I wasn't able to post this as a comment for some reason, but I mean this as a comment on Jessie's Post titled "SING, Unburied, SING: The Power of Song" :)
This is interesting, and I think we can also relate it to what we read and talked about Greek tragedy so far. I thought it was surprising that even the prisoners got released to enjoy the 4 day festival, and that about 14000 spectators attended. We also learned women gained the ability to attend, which is significant because women were kept from many activities outside of the house at this time. I think this all speaks to the influence of music and the way stories connect communities together. The Greeks used old myths and well known stories, readapted them, and preformed them; this highlights the importance of shared culture and history in connecting as a group. The audience could relate to the story and knew it as a part of their culture, but still created new cultural bonds from the adaptations and new social points the playwright created. In "One Hundred Years of Solitude", there are struggles with unity and identity when that history is lost or unknown. As you said, song plays an important role in "Sing, Unburied, Sing" by connecting the prisoners to one another, connecting the people of the region together, and by immortalizing/passing down history. Just as these songs, like you pointed out, served as an escape for some, such as the Parchman prisoners, it did the same for the Greek prisoners and oppressed women; it also connected them as a unified group. The Greek performances were religious in the worship of Dionysus, just as religious songs were sung during worship in Parchman.
This is interesting, and I think we can also relate it to what we read and talked about Greek tragedy so far. I thought it was surprising that even the prisoners got released to enjoy the 4 day festival, and that about 14000 spectators attended. We also learned women gained the ability to attend, which is significant because women were kept from many activities outside of the house at this time. I think this all speaks to the influence of music and the way stories connect communities together. The Greeks used old myths and well known stories, readapted them, and preformed them; this highlights the importance of shared culture and history in connecting as a group. The audience could relate to the story and knew it as a part of their culture, but still created new cultural bonds from the adaptations and new social points the playwright created. In "One Hundred Years of Solitude", there are struggles with unity and identity when that history is lost or unknown. As you said, song plays an important role in "Sing, Unburied, Sing" by connecting the prisoners to one another, connecting the people of the region together, and by immortalizing/passing down history. Just as these songs, like you pointed out, served as an escape for some, such as the Parchman prisoners, it did the same for the Greek prisoners and oppressed women; it also connected them as a unified group. The Greek performances were religious in the worship of Dionysus, just as religious songs were sung during worship in Parchman.
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That’s a very unique way of connecting Jesmyn Ward’s novel to Greek tragedy! Way to bridge the gap!
*not my official blog post*
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