СТРУКТУРАЛНЕ ВРЕДНОСТИ ЕУРИПИДОВЕ ТРАГЕДИЈЕ МЕДЕЈА
THE STRUCTURAL QUALITIES OF EURIPIDES’ TRAGEDY MEDEA

Summary/Abstract: At the time when it was written and performed on stage for the first time, Euripides’ tragedy Medea had already brought forth significant innovations in terms of the structure of the play, the character, the function of the chorus, and the appearance of the gods. In the present paper we aim to identify the changes that the play introduces, as well as to prove that it possesses a dramatic structure typical for the period in which it was written. Basing our research on an in-depth analysis of the text itself, we single out the elements which best demonstrate the structural qualities of Euripides’ play and subsequently assess those qualities in light of the relevant scholarly work on the theory of drama. Therefore, the paper aims at highlighting the authentic characteristics of Euripides’ tragedy and proving that the Greek play has a dramatic structure. Euripides’ Medea does not deviate from the structural qualities of the literary tradition to which it belongs, but it does represent distinctive innovations regarding the form of the play and the choice of the characters in relation to the works of the other Greek tragedians

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