Phaedra by M. Tsvetaeva in the context of the evolution of the tragic conflict
The article examines the nature of the conflict in the tragedy of M. Tsvetaeva Phaedra. The genealogy of the dramatic conflict of Tsvetaev’s dilogy Theseus is here declared to go back to the early Attic tragedy of the classical period of antiquity. In the article, the evolution of the conflict of a tragedy based on an ancient plot is traced on the example of the development of the myth of Phaedra and Ippolit in the works of Euripides, Seneca, Racine, Tsvetaeva. The play by the Russian playwright is seen as embodying the form of Attic tragedy - with its conflict of substantial worlds, not characters.