Médée

The first tragedy of Corneille, followed by an anthology on the myth of Medea, of Euripide in Anouilh. Annotated edition, with a dossier for high school students.The tragedy of CorneilleAbandoned and deceived by Jason whom she still loves, Medée discovers that the father of her children will marry Creuse. Outside her, the repudiated woman decides to avenge herself by killing her own children.This first tragedy of Corneille takes over the story of Medea, with emphasis on the destiny of a woman destroyed by passion and won by the murderous madness.... followed by an anthology on the myth of MedeaThe anthology traces the history of the rewrites of the myth of Medea from Antiquity to our days. She focuses on highlighting the various variations that have taken place since the ancient Medea and presents successively: the Gothic and lyrical Medea, the Médée of the Symbolic Theatre and the Contemporary Medea.