오이디푸스 신화와 서양문학

Abstract

The myth of Oedipus has been the unceasing source of imagination in art and literature as well as in the theories of psychoanalysis. It has been used as a source for Greek and Western literature since the modern age. The variety of the myth reappears in many different kinds of literary works revealing the circumstances and ideologies of each age which embody the reality of the times. The purpose of this paper is to show how Aeschylos and Sophocles reflect the spirit of the age through the Oedipal myth and to suggest how some of the modern writers apply the myth for their own purposes.