November 01, 2010

what's a Monograph?

 I'd like to educate the public reader on what a monograph is, because in "The Information- Literate Historian" by: Jenny L. Presnell, she doesn't quiet give a clear example I felt that she took what she wrote for primary document and put it where monograph was as well... Monograph's can all be primary documents but not all primary documents can be monographs, here's 4 easy things to look for when looking for a MONOGRAPH:
  • One-volume work
  • Gives in-depth treatment to a specialized subject
  • Written by a scholar in the field
  •       Usually published by a university and not a normal publishing company
  • Written mainly for an academic audience
  •        They will ALWAYS have an intense Bibliography. 
Bibliography:
http://www.library.illinois.edu/learn/tutorials/monograph.html

    Sophocles' Ajax as staged by the English Theatre

    There have been multiple showings in the English theatre dating far back in history. surprisingly they were NEVER a success, either due to being banned for being too out there, or just the means of no one being interested. Though Ajax really does allow us to see into what anger is, and really gives us a true experience to watch it play out.

    Though in 1605 Inigo Jones, a famous theatre architect, put together a performance of Ajax for the King and Queen, and it did well, though the Queen cried to be faint at some point, it was still a success, had it something to do with working with greek translation into modern language, the scene, or even the costumes? it is un clear but what was clear is that something he did worked and he did it well.

    I believe studying into Inigo Jones would be quiet profiecent in my studies of Ajax as it seems that his rendition of the play seemed to work so well.

    Biboliography:
    By: Sarah Knight
    "‘Goodlie anticke apparrell’?:
    Sophocles’ Ajax at Early Modern
    Oxford and Cambridge"
    57. Sophocles, A ας, 46–47.
    58. G. Zanker, ‘‘Sophocles’ Ajax and the Heroic Values of the Iliad,’’ Classical
    Quarterly, n.s., 42, no. 1 (1992): 20–25. (20, 21).

    Sophocles- Musician and Dancer

    Sophocles wasn't just a writer he was also every good in other art forms as well, mostly in dance and music. He studied under Lamprus.
    ( who was married to Galateia,and according to Greek Mythology he ordered her to kill any child she bared that wasn't a son... go to find out she had a girl and hid it from her husband... but as all the stories go he eventually found out, threatened to kill the child, but the gods helped hide the child and they all lived happily ever after, or in Greek times lived happily ever until someone else wrote another story with them in it. :) )
    But Sophocles danced to the sound of his own Lyre ( a 4 stringed musical instrument), either naked or with just a cloak on. apparently he even played a little ball game quiet well too. Sophocles was a true well rounded individual.

    Biboliography:
    Excerpt found in Source Book in Theatrical History page 7 section 4. Excerpt from Athenaeus' Deipnosophistai  establishes Sophocles' (ca 495 B.C.-- 406 B.C.) proficiency in both arts.

    http://www.mythindex.com/greek-mythology/G/Galateia.html