NEW PERSPECTIVES ON OLD IDEAS: FRIEDRICH DÜRRENMATT'S PARODIES OF MYTHS AND ARCHETYPES

Who dares to portray the demigod Hercules as an inadequate, impotent failure? Who dares to mock tragic heroines like Antigone? Who dares to mock the biblical Judith and her bravery? Who would portray an ideal emperor as one who betrays and sacrifices his empire? The Swiss author Friedrich Dürrenmatt...

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Main Author: Sonja Novak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Montenegro 2015-10-01
Series:Logos et Littera: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Text
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Online Access:http://www.ll.ac.me/drugi%20broj/radovi/2%20Sonja%20Novak,%20Durrenmatts%20parodies%20of%20myths%20and%20archetypes,%20LL2,%2010-27.pdf