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The Review of Korean Studies

Oedipus in Korea: Echoes of Social Clashes in the Legends of Silla

The Review of Korean Studies / The Review of Korean Studies, (P)1229-0076; (E)2773-9351
2017, v.20 no.2, pp.111-143
https://doi.org/10.25024/review.2017.20.2.005
Maurizio Riotto
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Abstract

This paper tries to explain some aspects and facts of ancient Korean society as a consequence of the cultural overlaps occurred over the course of the first millennium CE. In particular, foreign elements such as Confucianism and Buddhism thought are hypothesized to have exerted a deep influence upon traditional customs, within a historical process leading to social transformations similar to those occurred in the Mediterranean civilizations after the Indo-European invasions during the second millennium BCE. Relying on a suggestive hypothesis regarding the origin of the Greek tragedy in relation with the social clashes due to cultural conflicts, the author believes to individuate a similar anthropological structure in some events and characters of Korean folklore, as they have been reported by historical and literary sources.

keywords
Greek tragedy, Silla period, Korean traditional culture, cultural clashes, structural anthropology

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