TY - JOUR
T1 - Monstrous emotions in Seneca's medea
AU - Lima, Paulo Alexandre
N1 - UIDB/00183/2020
UIDP/00183/2020
PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - This article explores the phenomenon of the monstrous in Seneca's Medea by focusing on the emotions of its main character, in particular demonstrating that they are not merely an expression of Medea's inner psychological sphere but are intrinsically connected with her existential search for recognition in her surrounding world, a world especially marked by its social, cosmic, and mythical dimensions. The monstrous nature of Medea's emotions should be understood in the light of the wider phenomenon of the monstrous in this play, where it is a pervasive phenomenon, in the sense that it transcends the emotions of the main character and is present throughout the play as a tragic, mythically encoded enactment of the dissolution of social, religious, and cosmic boundaries. Other manifestations of the monstrous will be referred to in passing.
AB - This article explores the phenomenon of the monstrous in Seneca's Medea by focusing on the emotions of its main character, in particular demonstrating that they are not merely an expression of Medea's inner psychological sphere but are intrinsically connected with her existential search for recognition in her surrounding world, a world especially marked by its social, cosmic, and mythical dimensions. The monstrous nature of Medea's emotions should be understood in the light of the wider phenomenon of the monstrous in this play, where it is a pervasive phenomenon, in the sense that it transcends the emotions of the main character and is present throughout the play as a tragic, mythically encoded enactment of the dissolution of social, religious, and cosmic boundaries. Other manifestations of the monstrous will be referred to in passing.
UR - https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000625796800006
U2 - 10.1017/S001738352000025X
DO - 10.1017/S001738352000025X
M3 - Article
SN - 0017-3835
VL - 68
SP - 76
EP - 96
JO - GREECE & ROME
JF - GREECE & ROME
IS - 1
ER -