From ignorance to knowledge

a Foucault’s reading of Oedipus, The king

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/1984-249X_23_4

Keywords:

Knowledge, Oedipus the King, Michel Foucault, Greek Tragedy

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to verify how the problem of knowledge is developed in Foucault’s readings of the tragedy, Oedipus the King. Between the discovery of himself and the revelation of truth that liberates Thebes, it happens in Oedipus the passage from ignorance to knowledge, which delimits, throughout the entire play, a complex game of knowledge: listening and vision knowledge; distance and presence knowledge; kings knowledge and the slave hut background knowledge; prediction and testimony knowledge; knowledge that voluntarily withdraws from the enigma and knowledge that lurks beneath the fear and only the threat can extract it. For Foucault, Oedipus holds an excess knowledge which determines his character, his mode of action and destiny.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biography

Fabiano Incerti, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná

Doutor em Filosofia pela PUCSP. Diretor do Instituto Ciência e Fé da PUCPR.

References

BOLLACK, J. (1995). La naissance d’oedipe. Traduction et commentaires d’oedipe roi. Paris, Éditions Gallimard.
DODDS, E. R. (1966). On Misunderstanding the ‘Oedipus Rex’. Greece & Rome, Second Series, Vol. 13, No. 1. p. 37-49. Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Classical Association. URL= <http:// www.jstor.org/stable/642354>. Acessado em: 01 de agosto de 2016.
EARLE, M. L. (1901). The Oedipus Tyrannus. New York, American Book Company.
DÉTIENNE, M.; VERNANT, J. P. (2008). Métis: as astúcias da inteligência. São Paulo, Odisseus Editora.
FOUCAULT, M. (2002). A verdade e as formas jurídicas. Rio de Janeiro, Nau Editora.
FOUCAULT, M. (2008). Le Gouvernement de soi et des autres. Cours au Collège deFrance. 1982- 1983. Paris, Gallimard, Seuil.
FOUCAULT, M. (2011). Leçons sur La Volonté de Savoir. Cours au Collège de France. 1970-1971. Paris, Gallimard, Seuil.
FOUCAULT, M. (2012a). Du Gouvernement des vivants. Cours au Collège de France. 1979-1980. Paris, Gallimard, Seuil.
FOUCAULT, M. (2012b). Mal faire, dire vrai. Fonction de l’aveu en justice. Louvain, Belgique, Presses Universitaires de Louvain.
KNOX, B. (2002). Édipo em Tebas. São Paulo, Perspectiva.
KURY, M. G. (1989) Sófocles. A trilogia Tebana. Édipo-Rei, Édipo em Colono, Antígona. Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Zahar.
MAZON, P. (1962) Sophocle. Tragédies. Paris, Les Belles Lettres.
MAZON, P. (2007) Sophocle. Tragédies. (Ed. Bilingue Français-Grecancien) Paris, Les Belles Lettres.
REINHARDT, K. (2007). Sófocles. Brasília, Editora Universidade de Brasília.
SCHÜLER, D. (2004) Sófocles. Édipo-Rei. Rio de Janeiro, Lamparina.
SEGAL, C. (1999). Tragedy and civilization. An Interpretation of Sophocles. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press.
SEGAL, C. (2001). Oedipus Tyrannus: tragic heroism and the limits of knowledge. New York, Oxford University Press.
VALENTE, A.M (2008). Aristóteles. Poética (tradução e notas). Lisboa, Calouste Gulbenkian.
VERNANT, J. P.; VIDAL-NAQUET, P. (1999). Mito e tragédia na Grécia Antiga. São Paulo, Perspectiva.
VIEIRA, T. (2012) Sófocles. Édipo-Rei de Sófocles. (Edição bilíngue Grego-Português). São Paulo, Perspectiva.

Downloads

Published

2018-04-17

How to Cite

Incerti, F. (2018). From ignorance to knowledge: a Foucault’s reading of Oedipus, The king. Revista Archai, (23), 109. https://doi.org/10.14195/1984-249X_23_4

Issue

No. 23 (2018): Archai Journal nº23 (May, 2018)

Section

Articles

License

Given the public access policy of the journal, the use of the published texts is free, with the obligation of recognizing the original authorship and the first publication in this journal. The authors of the published contributions are entirely and exclusively responsible for their contents.

1. The authors authorize the publication of the article in this journal.
2. The authors guarantee that the contribution is original, and take full responsibility for its content in case of impugnation by third parties.
3. The authors guarantee that the contribution is not under evaluation in another journal.
4. The authors keep the copyright and convey to the journal the right of first publication, the work being licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License-BY.
5. The authors are allowed and stimulated to publicize and distribute their work on-line after the publication in the journal.
6. The authors of the approved works authorize the journal to distribute their content, after publication, for reproduction in content indexes, virtual libraries and similars.
7. The editors reserve the right to make adjustments to the text and to adequate the article to the editorial rules of the journal.