Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium, 2011, nr XXI/2

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Zjawiska psychotyczne w Heraklesie Eurypidesa
(Wydawnictwo Poznańskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk, 2011) Stróżyński, Mateusz
The article is an attempt of psychoanalytic interpretation of the Euripidean Heracles. The theory used to explain psychological phenomena of the play is Melanie Klein’s concept of the paranoid-schizoid and depressive position, as well as contributions to the understanding of psychotic thinking made by her followers: Hanna Segal, Wilfred Bion, Herbert Rosenfeld and John Steiner. Characters in the play, in their speech and behavior, as well as chorus’ songs, reveal significant number of primitive psychological mechanisms, such as splitting, denial, idealization and projective identification. The analysis of those mechanisms expressed in literary material allows to see the much argued continuity of Euripides’ extraordinary play.