Reprezentările mitului Electrei în literatură, devenirile lui din Antichitate spre modernitate. II. Preluarea mitului Electrei în modernitate de la po
The Representations of Electra 'sMyth in Literature, its Development from Ancient times to Modern Ones Taking over Electra 's Myth in Modern times f

Summary/Abstract: Our essay is part of a larger study that depicts the transformation of a Electra’s myth, from antiquity to the modern theatre, the continuous accommodation of the myth to the contemporary realities of the author, a process starting in antiquity. The theme is transformed, adapted, singularized, translated according to époque, historical context, esthetical tendencies, new literary genres and subgenres and, last but not least, the author’s personality. First part of the study, Preluarea mitului Electrei de către poeţii antichităţii (Electra’s Myth in Antique Poetry) offers general lines about tragedy, its origin and structure, elements, action and characters, with concrete examples on Aeschylus' Oresteia, Sophocles’ Electra and Euripides’ Electra. Now, we shift the interest to modern literary works which took over the myth from ancient times. Along the time, many authors have taken inspiration from Electra`s myth and have created outstanding literary works, bringing ”the story” to the present, according to the patterns and trends which circulated in the epoch they lived in. Thus, in our paper we intend to analyse some dramas, Sartre`s Les mouches, J. Giraudoux`s Electra, Eugen O’Neill`s Mourning Becomes Electra and Victor Eftimiu`s Atrizii, both from the point of view of their belonging to the dramatic genre and from the point of view of content, the values taken over from the ancient myth of Electra or the novelties provided by the context of the epoch in which they were written, as it is known the fact that in the evolution of the tragedy the 20th century witnesses a return to the ancient myth.

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