A Postcolonial Perspective on the Critical History of Euripides and the Evolution of Classical Discourse
The criticism and interpretation of the ancient Greek tragedian,Euripides,has been deeply involved in the Western epistemological evolution from colonialism to postcolonial-ism.Re-examining the Western classical studies on the Greek identity and its cultural other in Euripides'plays may provide an effective classical dimension for the critique of colonial ideology.First,Euripides shows his various facets in the development of the Orientalist dis-course;second,the issue of the Greeks and"barbarians"in Euripidean criticism is consistent-ly related to the transformation of classical academic discourse.The discursive practice of poetics in these criticisms,especially its reflection on the notions of Greekness,humanity,and universality,reveals an aspect of the reconstruction of Western culture in postmodern times.The ambivalence and paradoxes in the critical reception of Euripidean tragedy represent the impasse of postcolonial and postmodern cultural ecologies and the problem of valorization of cultures in a multicultural context as well.Looking back at the unresolved issues in this pro-cess will also help us reconsider the subjective perspective and cultural identity in our current research.
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