The countless reinterpretations of the myth of Antigone developed from the modern age onward have elevated its protagonist to a symbol of purity, justice, coherence, and love: Antigone is the figure who, resisting the arrogance of power, defends individual freedom and rights, the sense of the sacred, the unwritten laws of the heart, and family bonds against institutional interference. The myth has become an archetype of Western culture precisely because it concentrates within itself a multiplicity of themes and conflicts which, by continually raising pressing questions, make it a cultural paradigm capable of renewing itself over time and open to new interpretations suited to contemporary needs and conditions. This research project was conceived to examine how this narrative subject has been reworked in the theatrical texts of Pier Paolo Pasolini and Elsa Morante, authors who consciously use the myth to reinterpret some of the foundational models of Western culture. Their works prove particularly effective in identifying affinities and divergences with the tradition and in grasping the ideal significance and enduring force of the Antigone figure within twentieth‑century debates, including reflections on the “rebellious feminine” and on female subjectivity. Equally significant are their relationships with the theatrical context of their time, shaken by innovative impulses that questioned the very meaning and social function of art. Their visions of Antigone are closely tied to the specific role that, within their respective poetics, art was meant to assume in relation to social dynamics.
Le innumerevoli riprese, che a partire dall’epoca moderna, si sono date del mito di Antigone hanno elevato la sua protagonista a simbolo della purezza, della giustizia, della coerenza e dell’amore: Antigone è colei che, contro la prepotenza del potere, difende la libertà e il diritto dell’individuo, il senso del sacro, le leggi non scritte del cuore, il diritto familiare dalle ingerenze delle istituzioni. Il mito di Antigone è divenuto archetipo della cultura occidentale proprio in forza del condensare in sé una molteplicità di temi e conflitti che, continuando a porre insistentemente domande, lo rendono paradigma culturale capace di rinnovarsi nel tempo e lo predispongono a nuove interpretazioni adatte alle esigenze e alle condizioni della contemporaneità. Questo progetto di ricerca è nato con l’intento di analizzare come tale soggetto narrativo sia stato declinato nei testi teatrali di Pier Paolo Pasolini ed Elsa Morante, autori che consapevolmente, attraverso il mito, rielaborano alcuni dei modelli fondativi della cultura occidentale. I loro testi, infatti, si rivelano utili ad individuare con efficacia le affinità e le differenze con la tradizione e a cogliere la valenza e la forza ideale della figura antigonea nel dibattito novecentesco, anche in riferimento alla questione del “femminile rivoltoso” e della persona declinata al femminile. Particolarmente interessanti sono risultate, inoltre, le loro relazioni con il contesto teatrale a loro contemporaneo, scosso da spinte rinnovatrici che mettevano in questione il senso e la funzione sociale dell’arte stessa. Le loro visioni di Antigone sono strettamente connesse al ruolo specifico che, nelle rispettive poetiche, l’arte doveva assumere in relazione alle dinamiche sociali.
L'ANTIGONE NELLA LETTERATURA ITALIANA E NEL TEATRO DEL SECONDO NOVECENTO: PIER PAOLO PASOLINI ED ELSA MORANTE
Montani, Lucia
2026
Abstract
The countless reinterpretations of the myth of Antigone developed from the modern age onward have elevated its protagonist to a symbol of purity, justice, coherence, and love: Antigone is the figure who, resisting the arrogance of power, defends individual freedom and rights, the sense of the sacred, the unwritten laws of the heart, and family bonds against institutional interference. The myth has become an archetype of Western culture precisely because it concentrates within itself a multiplicity of themes and conflicts which, by continually raising pressing questions, make it a cultural paradigm capable of renewing itself over time and open to new interpretations suited to contemporary needs and conditions. This research project was conceived to examine how this narrative subject has been reworked in the theatrical texts of Pier Paolo Pasolini and Elsa Morante, authors who consciously use the myth to reinterpret some of the foundational models of Western culture. Their works prove particularly effective in identifying affinities and divergences with the tradition and in grasping the ideal significance and enduring force of the Antigone figure within twentieth‑century debates, including reflections on the “rebellious feminine” and on female subjectivity. Equally significant are their relationships with the theatrical context of their time, shaken by innovative impulses that questioned the very meaning and social function of art. Their visions of Antigone are closely tied to the specific role that, within their respective poetics, art was meant to assume in relation to social dynamics.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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