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Oedipus
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Oedipus in Greek mythology, the son of
Jocasta and of Laius, king of Thebes. Left to die on a mountain by Laius, who had been told by an oracle that he would be killed by his own son, the infant Oedipus was saved by a shepherd. Returning eventually to Thebes, Oedipus solved the riddle of the sphinx, but unwittingly killed his father and married Jocasta; their children were
Antigone, Ismene,
Polynices, and Eteocles. On discovering what he had done he put out his own eyes in a fit of madness, while Jocasta hanged herself.
Oedipus complex in Freudian theory, the complex of emotions aroused in a young child, typically around the age of four, by an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex and wish to exclude the parent of the same sex. (The term was originally applied to boys, the equivalent in girls being called the
Electra complex.)
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Oedipus meets Freud.(Reviews)(An intriguing new Frank Galati play at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival pits the tragic Greek king and the father of psychoanalysis in a war of words)(Review)(Theater Review)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 8/8/2004; 700+ words
; ...Foot" and "Doctor Soothsayer," but Oedipus Rex and Sigmund Freud need each other...a primal mystery in Frank Galati's "Oedipus Complex," which had its world premiere...at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. As Oedipus says to Freud in their first encounter...
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Sophocles' 'Oedipus the King.'
Magazine article from: The Explicator; 6/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Dreams made his famous observations about Oedipus the King, he naturally focused on the main issue: that Oedipus killed his father and married his mother...dominate psychoanalysis: the preference of Oedipus for his daughters. Oedipus's preference...
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Oedipus wrecked: Freud's theory of frustrated incest goes on the defensive. (Sigmund Freud)
Magazine article from: Science News; 10/19/1991; ; 700+ words
; Poor Oedipus Rex. Twice he has achieved royal status...century B.C. Greek dramatist Sophocles, Oedipus triumplhantly ascended to the throne of...killed his father and married his mother, Oedipus gouged out his own eyes. Much later...
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'Oedipus Plays': An Olympian View of Greek Tragedy
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/5/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...the temple. Be prepared to dwell awhile. "The Oedipus Plays," which opened last night at the Shakespeare...Rudall, has strung three Sophocles tragedies ("Oedipus Rex," "Oedipus at Colonus," "Antigone") together into a single...
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Oedipus Complex.(Theater review)
Magazine article from: Daily Variety; 5/9/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...one act adapted by Frank Galati from "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles, translated by...MIN. Freud, Priest of Zeus Nick Sandys Oedipus Ben Viccellio Kreon Roderick Peeples Teiresias...dramatically languid, Frank Galati's "Oedipus Complex" adapts the famed Sophoclean...
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OEDIPUS STEPPING DOWN FROM WBCN POST
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/4/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...After 29 years at WBCN-FM (104.1), Oedipus announced yesterday he was retiring as...rock station - one he held for 23 years. Oedipus will remain with WBCN's parent company...be different without Mel at the top," Oedipus said yesterday by phone of Karmazin...
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Sophocles' 'Oedipus Rex.' (comment on Bernhard Frank, The Explicator, vol. 51, p. 5, Fall 1992)
Magazine article from: The Explicator; 9/22/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...of the dramatic climax of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex (5-6). In the scene, reported by the Second Messenger, Oedipus, horrified by the truth and distraught...which Jocasta becomes "the dead infant Oedipus should have been, if the tragedy was...
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Reading Loewald: Oedipus reconceived
Magazine article from: International Journal of Psychoanalysis; 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Loewald's 'Waning of the Oedipus complex' is a watershed paper in the...Loewald's reconceptualization of the Oedipus complex. The principal elements of...originality lies at the core of the Oedipus complex; 2) the notion that oedipal...
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Classical Notes: Oedipus' fate was in his genes - and he knew it
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/5/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...In Freudian terms, the ancient myth of Oedipus is today looking a little tired, though...being able to say boo to taboos. Today, Oedipus would have counselling and sell his story...Sophocles gives to Jocasta, the wife of Oedipus, is anything to go by: "Don't worry...
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Oedipus Rex by Pier Paolo Pasolini The Palimpsest: Rewriting and the Creation of Pasolini's Cinematic Language
Magazine article from: Literature/Film Quarterly; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Oedipus Rex is a fundamental text of the Western...one but three texts infuse Edipo Re: the Oedipus tale of Greek myth and drama, Freud...of that tale and his elaboration of the Oedipus complex and Pasolini's references to...
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Oedipus
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
Oedipus Oedipus was a tragic hero of Greek mythology, a king doomed to a dire fate because...him from the results of actions that violated the laws of gods and men. Oedipus represents two enduring themes of Greek myth and drama: the flawed nature...
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Oedipus Complex, Early
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
OEDIPUS COMPLEX, EARLY Underlying the Oedipus complex as Freud described it, there is an earlier layer of...relationships with the oedipal couple. These precede the classical Oedipus complex that arises in the third year of life and subsides...
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Oedipus Complex
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
OEDIPUS COMPLEX The term Oedipus complex designates a network embracing the wishes and hostile impulses...refining in a number of ways: Although very direct expressions of the Oedipus complex can be observed in young children, for the most part it...
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Counter-Oedipus
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
COUNTER-OEDIPUS The term "counter-Oedipus" generally designates the complete set of parental displays...passages Freud discussed how parents replay their infantile Oedipus complex in the present, yet he never used the term "counter...
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Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
ANTI-OEDIPUS: CAPITALISM AND SCHIZOPHRENIA Gilles...and F é lix Guattari's Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia , was originally...time of its publication in 1972, Anti-Oedipus had an explosive impact. In a state of...
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