Συγγραφέας
Πολίτη Τζίνα
Τίτλος
Antigone’s letter
Περιοδικό
Γράμμα: περιοδικό θεωρίας και κριτικής
Τεύχος
14(1): 131-140
Έτος
2006
Σύνδεσμος
https://ejournals.lib.auth.gr/gramma/article/view/6517
Περίληψη
As a child, I accompanied my mother and grandmother to the cemetery and watched them perform with meticulous care the memorial acts required. The monumental graves and immense cypresses overwhelmed me with the unspeakable wonder and terror of the Sublime. Faithfully, I carry on the atavistic tradition. It lodges in my psyche. Now I know that the boundaries between subject/object, inner/outer are fuzzy for women. The grave is there to confirm it. At school, we studied Antigone. Antigone ‘s mask fell and her desire was revealed to me only in her lament. It puzzled me that it was so radically at odds with her “rebellious” act. Later in life, as a scholar, I read the relevant works written by the Antigonids on Antigone. My instinctive reaction to these is expressed in the words addressed by Antigone to the Chorus of Elders: “Ah, I am mocked!” (446). This “letter” constitutes a fantasy on counter-factuals: Antigone’s desperate “had I been” (447).
Λέξεις-Κλειδιά (Συγγραφέα)
Ετικέτες
τέχνη, κοινωνική καταπίεση-περιορισμοί
Επιστημονικό Πεδίο
Κριτική Λογοτεχνία-Φιλολογία
Παρατηρήσεις
Βιβλιογραφική Αναφορά
Πολίτη, Τζ. (2006). Antigone’s Letter. Γράμμα: περιοδικό θεωρίας και κριτικής, 14(1), 131-140