HOME AND EXILE: A POST-COLONIAL ANALYSIS OF EURIPIDES’ PLAY MEDEA

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In the wake of the forced mass displacement of people due to the outbreak of wars, the scintillating tale of the titular character in Euripides’ play, Medea has found new meanings in the post-modern world. This research paper is an endeavor to study Medea along the trajectories of postcolonial discourse to suggest that she is a displaced outsider and a symbol of post-colonial survival. This paper argues that Medea’s act of infanticide is not a monstrous act as she was forced to refashion her identity as an outsider and a foreigner. Therefore, by killing her own children, she strikes a blow against the system and in this process, she reclaims her own dignity. In fact, for Medea, it serves as a means of self-assertion. Bhabha’s (1994) theory of Hybridity will furnish the main theoretical lens to critically evaluate the text through close reading. Though critical literature has critiqued Medea’s act of defiance, her act of infanticide has not been analyzed in a post-colonial context. Her self-assertion allows her to transcend spatial and temporal bounds. The study of Medea’s character will help readers understand cultural heritage and the dominant colonial power which Jason represents
家园与流放:欧里庇得斯剧作《美狄亚》的后殖民分析
随着战争的爆发,人们被迫大规模流离失所,欧里庇得斯戏剧中同名角色美狄亚的精彩故事在后现代世界中找到了新的意义。本文试图从后殖民话语的轨迹来研究美狄亚,以表明她是一个流离失所的局外人和后殖民生存的象征。本文认为美狄亚的杀婴行为并不是一种可怕的行为,因为她是被迫重新塑造自己作为一个局外人和外国人的身份。因此,通过杀死自己的孩子,她对这个制度进行了打击,在这个过程中,她恢复了自己的尊严。事实上,对美狄亚来说,这是一种自我肯定的方式。Bhabha(1994)的混杂性理论将为通过细读批判性地评价文本提供主要的理论视角。尽管批评文学对美狄亚的反抗行为进行了批评,但她的杀婴行为并没有在后殖民背景下进行分析。她的自我主张使她超越了空间和时间的界限。对美狄亚性格的研究将有助于读者理解文化遗产和伊阿宋所代表的统治殖民权力
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