The Symbolic Topography of Oedipus’ Life. Some Remarks
The Symbolic Topography of Oedipus’ Life. Some Remarks
Author(s): Elżbieta WesołowskaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Oedipus; mental and physical blindness; identity; life path
Summary/Abstract: The author of Oedipus Rex manages to reconstruct the hero’s life path against the background of the map of Greece of his day. In doing so he constructs the imaginary of the protagonist’s identity, one that is inextricably linked to his mental blindness as opposed to the tragic, self-inflicted blindness meted out to himself as a punishment for his crimes.
Journal: Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
- Issue Year: XXXI/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 341-346
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English