Loucura feminina em Medeia: poder, discurso e deslegitimação do outro

Abstract

The present work intends to analyze female madness in Medea, by Euripides (2010), in order to understand the myth as a starting point to investigate the mechanisms of delegitimization of women throughout history, seeking to contribute to a critical reflection on social narratives. and cultural factors that influence this construction. Euripides portrays the progression of his character Medea's madness, organizing a plot that follows her motivations and the limits between reason and imbalance. During the course of the discussions, it is also intended to unveil the purpose of Medea's madness as a rupture with the established status quo, and how the motivation for her revenge was used by the author as a cry against female oppression at the time of writing the work. As a theoretical scope, we used studies by Eliade (1972), Pessotti (1994), Prado (2021), Rinne (1992) Benjamin (2011), among others