Echoes of Greek Tragedy in Medieval Literature: The Case of Oedipus
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Author
Muñoz Gallarte, Israel
Date
2016-05-18Subject
Greek TragedyOedipus
English Literature
Medievalisms
Tradition of Greek Literature
Lydgate
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In approaching this issue, it will be helpful to use two analytically distinct methods, to wit, the diachronic, which allows us to speculate about
how the myth reached the hands of Lydgate (Guerin 2005, 183–191); and the synchronic, to clarify the similarities and differences between the two authors. Thus, approaching the subject diachronically, the first pages of this paper will attempt to delineate the main milestones in the long tradition of the myth of Oedipus, beginning from the time of Ancient Rome; and, afterwards, a synchronic analysis will examine various motifs as they have survived, disappeared or been transformed in the medieval
poem. The final part will explore the possible reasons for these changes.