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Political aspects in the reception of the Oedipus' myth

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The present paper considers the changes that took place in the reception of the Oedipus myth placed in the political context: these relate to both the plot-compositional and the ideologicalfgurative levels. The political relevance of the two French Oedipus plays is directly opposite in interpreting the image of the protagonist: Corneille's Oedipe refers to a legitimate king, while the Oedipe of Voltaire presents a regent who seized power illegally. Thus, myth is transformed from a tragedy into a pamphlet. Ozerov's tragedy

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Y. L. Zabudskaya
Lomonosov Moscow State University


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Zabudskaya Y.L. Political aspects in the reception of the Oedipus' myth. Shagi / Steps. 2017;3(4):93-106.

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ISSN 2412-9410 (Print)
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