by Jean Cocteau · Coédition Belin/Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782701176321
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«Antigone» is the play by Jean Cocteau, published by Coédition Belin/Gallimard in paperback (133 pages, in French).
Antigone defies the prohibition of Creon, new king of Thebes, against burying her brother Polynices. Her rebellion against power raises the clash between state law, family duty and individual conscience. Cocteau modernizes Sophocles' tragedy and keeps alive the question of whether one must obey an unjust law.
School edition from the Classico Collège collection, with the complete text, pedagogical dossier and supporting material for studying the work.
Recommended for secondary school students preparing for the Brevet exam and for those studying Cocteau's theater.
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th century and highly influential on the Surrealist and Dadaist movements, among others. The National Observer suggested that "of the artistic generation whose daring gave birth to Twentieth Century Art, Cocteau came closest to being a Renaissance man".
