Dec 28, 2009

Oedipus Rex | Critical Overview

The history of the critical reception to Oedipus Rex begins with Aristotle (384-322 B.C.), who in his Poetics inaugurated the history of formalist and structural analysis of literature, two important cornerstones for the enterprise of the critical interpretation of literature. In some ways it can be regarded as the first book of literary criticism, and its significance for the subsequent study of the works of popular form of entertainment, the festivals surrounding public performances are rarely state-funded.

Sophocles in general and Oedipus Rex in particular...