UM DIA, VáRIAS VOZES: PALAVRA AUTORITáRIA E DISCURSO PERSUASIVO NA MEDEIA DE EURíPIDES

In this paper, we analyse the euripidean tragedy Medea using Bakhtin’s concept of plurilingualism, as exposed in his book Questions of Literature and Aesthetics. Although Bakhtin has denied the existence of plurilingualism in the poetics of the tragic genre, we ponder the plurilinguistic possibilities of this genre when examined under the reasoning of the russian philosopher’s own works. As we understand through our studies, there is a discussion over euripidean tragedy and bakhtinian theory yet to be perceived by the literary criticism.