Research Article

MYTHOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL ELEMENTS THAT BRING EURIPIDES’ MEDEA’S TRAGIC END

Volume: 15 Number: 41 April 29, 2018
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MYTHOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL ELEMENTS THAT BRING EURIPIDES’ MEDEA’S TRAGIC END

Abstract

Euripides’ Medea is one of the tragedies of the ancient Greece that has survived. Based on a mythological background, the play focuses on the final part of Medea and Jason’s marriage, which is catastrophical not only for the couple alone but also for their families.  As well as being an ancient classic, one significant point about Euripides’ Medea is that this psychological tragedy refers to the mythological factors that foreshadow and prepare the bloody final approaching. Another outstanding point is how Euripides deals with the Greek attitude towards foreigners and women, what gives Euripides’ Medea an authenticity. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to analyze how the mythological histories of both Medea and Jason, and the cultural realities of the ancient Greek world make Medea’s happieness impossible and bring her tragic end.

 

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Turkish

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Research Article

Authors

Meltem Uzunoğlu Erten
PAMUKKALE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, YABANCI DİLLER YÜKSEKOKULU
Türkiye

Publication Date

April 29, 2018

Submission Date

October 12, 2017

Acceptance Date

April 10, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 15 Number: 41

APA
Uzunoğlu Erten, M. (2018). EURIPIDES’İN MEDEA’SININ TRAJİK SONUNU GETİREN MİTOLOJİK VE KÜLTÜREL UNSURLAR. Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 15(41), 240-252. https://izlik.org/JA69HG37HB
AMA
1.Uzunoğlu Erten M. EURIPIDES’İN MEDEA’SININ TRAJİK SONUNU GETİREN MİTOLOJİK VE KÜLTÜREL UNSURLAR. Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2018;15(41):240-252. https://izlik.org/JA69HG37HB
Chicago
Uzunoğlu Erten, Meltem. 2018. “EURIPIDES’İN MEDEA’SININ TRAJİK SONUNU GETİREN MİTOLOJİK VE KÜLTÜREL UNSURLAR”. Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 15 (41): 240-52. https://izlik.org/JA69HG37HB.
EndNote
Uzunoğlu Erten M (April 1, 2018) EURIPIDES’İN MEDEA’SININ TRAJİK SONUNU GETİREN MİTOLOJİK VE KÜLTÜREL UNSURLAR. Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 15 41 240–252.
IEEE
[1]M. Uzunoğlu Erten, “EURIPIDES’İN MEDEA’SININ TRAJİK SONUNU GETİREN MİTOLOJİK VE KÜLTÜREL UNSURLAR”, Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 15, no. 41, pp. 240–252, Apr. 2018, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA69HG37HB
ISNAD
Uzunoğlu Erten, Meltem. “EURIPIDES’İN MEDEA’SININ TRAJİK SONUNU GETİREN MİTOLOJİK VE KÜLTÜREL UNSURLAR”. Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 15/41 (April 1, 2018): 240-252. https://izlik.org/JA69HG37HB.
JAMA
1.Uzunoğlu Erten M. EURIPIDES’İN MEDEA’SININ TRAJİK SONUNU GETİREN MİTOLOJİK VE KÜLTÜREL UNSURLAR. Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2018;15:240–252.
MLA
Uzunoğlu Erten, Meltem. “EURIPIDES’İN MEDEA’SININ TRAJİK SONUNU GETİREN MİTOLOJİK VE KÜLTÜREL UNSURLAR”. Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 15, no. 41, Apr. 2018, pp. 240-52, https://izlik.org/JA69HG37HB.
Vancouver
1.Meltem Uzunoğlu Erten. EURIPIDES’İN MEDEA’SININ TRAJİK SONUNU GETİREN MİTOLOJİK VE KÜLTÜREL UNSURLAR. Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi [Internet]. 2018 Apr. 1;15(41):240-52. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA69HG37HB