Jean Racine and Ancient Greek Tragedy

WU Yaling

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WU Yaling. Jean Racine and Ancient Greek Tragedy[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2019, 2(1): 94-107.

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WU Yaling. Jean Racine and Ancient Greek Tragedy[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2019, 2(1): 94-107.

WU Yaling. Jean Racine and Ancient Greek Tragedy[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2019, 2(1): 94-107.

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WU Yaling. Jean Racine and Ancient Greek Tragedy[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2019, 2(1): 94-107.

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Jean Racine and Ancient Greek Tragedy

WU Yaling

Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

Received Date: 2018-03-26

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Abstract

The relation between the seventeenth-century French dramatist and the tragedian of ancient Greece has received scant critical attention,though four of Jean Racine's plays are largely based on works by Euripides.Yet before he claims to be the only disciple of Euripides in Iphigenia's preface,Racine considers the works of Sophocles as the perfect example of tragedy.Through a careful study of Racine's dramatic works,polemical essays,correspondence and specially his early notes on Greek authors,this article tries to examine this change of attitude that may have a connection with Racine's reference and application of Aristotle's Poetics.
- Jean Racine,
- Sophocles,
- Euripides,
- Aristotle’s Poetics

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