Fate and ambiguity in Oedipus the King
By: Stelios Ramfos ; translated by Norman Russell.
Publisher: Somerset Hall Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Sophocles; Oedipus (Greek mythology) in literature; Fate and fatalism in literature; Ambiguity in literature
Table of contents: title: Prologue : fate and ambiguity; title: Parodos : the immediacy of ancient poetry; title: First epeisodion : the mystery of identity; title: First stasimon : Sophocles' handling of psychological tension; title: Second epeisodion : the isolation of the hero; title: Third epeisodion : the intensification of the quest for identity; title: Second stasimon : an appeal to divine justice; title: Fourth epeisodion : fate and true knowledge; title: Third stasimon : poetry and the art of translation; title: Fifth epeisodion : the dénouement; title: Fourth stasimon : poetry and metaphor; title: Sixth epeisodion : the deepening of interiority; title: Exodos : the emergence of individuality in the pain of truth.