Graciela and Medea, Women in the Theater: From Euripides to García Márquez

This project concerns a comparative literary study of Diatriba de amor contra un hombre sentado, García Márquez’s first theatrical production, and its relation to Medea by Euripides. We will study, firstly, the similarities and differences which characterize the heroines of both masterpieces, Graciela and Medea, the evolution which they present as characters and the strength they have as female characters. At the same time, we will study how the myth is reconstructing and adapted from Greece to Latin America. In Diatriba we can find Medea reincarnated as Graciela, a Caribbean woman who takes up her life, breaks with the male roles and drops out everything because of her freedom.