Sophocles’ Antigone and Anouilh’s Antigone
One Myth, two Readings
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https://doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-3425.2024v9n17p15-28Keywords:
Sophocles, universal justice, dictatorship, opposition, Anouilh, pragmatism, idealism, non-conformityAbstract
Comparing the plays that Sophocles and Anouilh dedicated to the myth of Antigone is like rewriting a famous episode, enshrined in tragic form by a genius creation in 5th century Athens BC, into a human drama tailored to Europe at the time of the Second World War. Essentially, the focus shifts from the centrality of the action to the personal experiences of the characters. More than the great principles based on justice and morality, what Anouilh questions is the tension that arises between the human forces that coexist in a society, in other words, between two antagonistic ways of looking at life: masculine pragmatism, embodied in Creon, and pure feminine idealism, represented in Antigone.
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CHESI, Giulia Maria. Antigone’s language of death and politics in the Antigone of Sophocles. Philologus, vol. 157, nº 2, 2013, p. 223-236.
CONRADIE, Pieter J. The ‘Antigone’ of Sophocles and Anouilh. A Comparison. Acta Classica, vol. 2, 1959, p. 11-26.
DEPPMAN Jed. Jean Anouilh’s Antigone. In ORMAND, Kirk (ed.). A Companion to Sophocles. Oxford: University Press, 2012, p. 523-537.
FIALHO, Maria do Céu. A Antígona de Júlio Dantas. In: MORAIS, Carlos (ed.). Máscaras Portuguesas de Antígona. Aveiro: Universidade de Aveiro, 2001, p. 71-84.
GARCÍA SOLA, María Carmen. La otra Antígona de Jean Anouilh. In: LÓPEZ, Aurora, POCIÑA, Andrés (eds.). En recuerdo de Beatriz Rabaza: comedias, tragedias y leyendas grecorromanas. Granada: Universidad de Granada, 2009, p. 251-264.
GUÉRIN, Jeanyves. Pour une lecture politique de Jean Anouilh. Études littéraires, vol. 41, n.º 1, 2010, p. 93-104.
HIGHET, Gilbert. The Classical Tradition. Greek and Roman influences on Western Literature. Oxford: University Press, 7ª edição, 1971.
INCE, Walter N. Prologue and chorus in Anouilh’s Antigone. Forum for Modern Language Studies, vol. 4, nº 3, 1968, p. 277-284.
MEE, Erin B., FOLEY, Helene. Antigone on the Contemporary World Stage. Oxford: University Press, 2011.
O’HANLON, Redmond. Metatragedy in Anouilh’s ‘Antigone’. The Modern Languages Review, vol. 75, nº 3, 1980, p. 534-546.
ROCHA PEREIRA, Maria Helena. Sófocles. Antígona. Lisboa: Gulbenkian, 9ª edição, 2010.
SIMÕES, Manuel Breda. Antígona por Jean Anouilh. Lisboa: Editorial Presença, 1965.
SINGH, Frances B. Antigone’s changed punishment: Gynaecology as penology in Sophocles’ Antigone. Australian Feminist Studies, vol. 18, nº 40, 2003, p. 7-16.
SMOLARSKI, Iren. Le mythe d’Antigone chez Sophocle et Jean Anouilh: du sacré à l’absurde. Chimères, vol. 14, nº 2, 1981, p. 47-56.
SPINGLER, Michael. Anouilh’s little Antigone: Tragedy, theatricalism, and the romantic self. Comparative drama, vol. 8, nº 3, 1974, p. 228-238.
TAQUIN, Véronique. Antigone de Jean Anouilh. Paris: Hachette, 1998.
TIEFENBRUN, Susan W. On civil disobedience, jurisprudence, feminism and the law in the Antigones of Sophocles and Anouilh. Law & Literature, vol. 11, nº 1, 1999, p. 35-51.
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SILVA, Maria de Fátima. Sophocles’ Antigone and Anouilh’s Antigone: One Myth, two Readings. VirtuaJus, Belo Horizonte, v. 9, n. 17, p. 15–28, 2024. DOI: 10.5752/P.1678-3425.2024v9n17p15-28. Disponível em: https://periodicos.pucminas.br/virtuajus/article/view/34880. Acesso em: 8 aug. 2025.
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