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2011

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cc-by-nc-nd, (c) Gilabert, 2011
Si us plau utilitzeu sempre aquest identificador per citar o enllaçar aquest document: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/22708

Mourning becomes Electra d'Eugene O'Neill: Èsquil i Plató per a crear un drama fosc?

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The fundamental debt of E. O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra to Aeschylus, and to a lesser degree to Sophocles and Euripides, has been always recognised but, according to the author's hypothesis, O'Neill might have taken advantage of the Platonic image of the cave in order to magnify his both Greek and American drama. It is certainly a risky hypothesis that stricto sensu cannot be proved, but it is also reader's right to evaluate the plausibility and the possible dramatic benefit derived from such a reading. Besides indicating to what degree some of the essential themes of Platonic philosophy concerning darkness, light or the flight from the prison of the material world are not extraneous to O'Neill's work, the author proves he was aware of the Platonic image of the cave thanks to its capital importance in the work of some of his intellectual mentors such as F. Nietzsche or Oscar Wilde. Nevertheless, the most significant aim of the author's article is to emphasize both the dramatic benefits and the logical reflections derived, as said before, from reading little by little O'Neill's drama bearing in mind the above mentioned Platonic parameter.

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Versió en català de l'article publicat a: Lexis. Poetica, retorica e comunicazione nella tradizione classica, 29, 2011, pp. 369-402
Podeu consultar la versió en castellà a: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/22781

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Tradició clàssica, Tragèdia grega, Mite de la caverna (Al·legoria), Filosofia grega, Literatura americana

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Classical tradition, O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Mourning becomes Electra, Greek drama (Tragedy), Plato's cave (Allegory), Greek philosophy, American literatures

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Documents de treball / Informes (Filologia Clàssica, Romànica i Semítica)

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GILABERT BARBERÀ, Pau. Mourning becomes Electra d'Eugene O'Neill: Èsquil i Plató per a crear un drama fosc?. [consulta: 30 de gener de 2026]. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/22708]

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