Charles Segal (classicist)
Charles Segal | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 19, 1936 |
| Died | January 1, 2002 (aged 65) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Influences | Jean-Pierre Vernant Pierre Vidal-Naquet |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classics |
| Notable works | Tragedy and Civilization: an Interpretation of Sophocles (1981) Dionysiac Poetics and Euripides' Bacchae' (1982) |
Charles Paul Segal (March 19, 1936 — January 1, 2002) was an American classicist renowned for his application of critical theory to ancient texts. Although his work spanned a variety of Latin and Greek genres, he is best known for his work on Greek tragedy. His most influential work is Tragedy and Civilization: an Interpretation of Sophocles (1981), in which he presents a structuralist approach to Greek theatre.