DA TIRANIA À AÇÃO COMPLEXA: EM CENA, ANTÍGONA, DE SÓFOCLES

Abstract

SANTOS, Julia Graziela. From tyranny to complex action: Sophocles' Antigone on stage. 2024. 111 p. Dissertation (Master's) - Postgraduate Program in Language Studies. Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. This study analyses Aristotle's Poetics and Sophocles' Greek tragedy Antigone, since both works are still examples of research methods linked to the search for knowledge in order to understand how they are structured in the theoretical fields of: Philosophy; Literature; Politics; Comparative Studies. Thus, anchored in the contributions of Sandra Luna (2012) and Antônio Mattoso & Antônio Queirós (2018) on the aspects that circumscribe tragic action; Newton Bignotto's (2020) studies on tyranny, Aristotle's (2017) and Anatol Rosenfeld's (1993) presuppositions regarding classical tragedy, as well as Anne Ubersfeld's (2005), Patrice Pavis' (1999) and Renata Pallottini's (1989) research on character configuration, the central objective of this project is to investigate whether tyranny - a trait that characterizes the character Creon in the Greek tragedy Antigone, by Sophocles -, is configured, above all, as a presupposition for complex action to occur in the work. It should be noted that the “complex action” is a term used in Aristotle's Poetics to list the fundamental elements that make up a model of classical tragedy. In fact, this research consists of examining complex action in Antigone and analyzing the tyranny of the character Creon as a seminal element for the materialization of Complex Action in the diegesis of the Greek playwright Sophocles. This research, therefore, highlights the relevance of the guiding aspects of Comparative Literature as a method of analysis. Keywords: Aristotle. Sophocles. Paradigm. Repugnant. Complex action