Myth and psychoanalysis in Edipo Re by Pier Paolo Pasolini

Abstract

Greek and Roman antiquity together with the ancient myths represent important part of European heritage, with all the dynamic aspects that this term bears. It goes about discursive practice that has powerful potential for choosing and using something from the past in order to produce meanings in presence. The focus of this paper will be film by Pasolini Edipo Re (1967) and his artistic application of Freud’s theory to the ancient myth, which opens numerous questions important for the contextualisation and usage of myth both in ancient as well as in contemporary context.