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Lectorale - «Oedipus, around a myth unshackled»
Culture · Friday, November 6 · 11:00 · Chartres
10 Avenue Jehan de Beauce
Sophocles has led us into the tragic misfortunes of the hero. Freud, for his part, has pointed his accusatory finger at every little boy. In literature, the myth is disturbing; in psychoanalysis, it overwhelms. In every child’s gaze toward his mother there is the shadow of a man who limps with the “swollen” or “pierced” foot (the meaning of Oedipus in ancient Greek) under the weight of his tragic fate. The truth stares you in the eyes, supposedly, which is another reason to try to see a little more clearly. With Pierre Bayard, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Henri Bauchau and a few others, instead of de…
