Clytemnestra’s claim: the polyphonic woman in Montserrat Roig’s dramatic work

Abstract

The aim of this study is to place the only theatrical work of the Barcelonian writer Montserrat Roig, “Reivindicació de la senyora Clito Mestres”, in the context of the beginning of the nineties, and analyze her protagonist in relation to the connections that Clitemnestra's name establishes with the classical myths. Bakhtin’s polyphony and Kristeva’s intertextuality are concepts suitable to explain the double nature of Clito Mestres’ voice, which claims and, in turn, is claimed by the ambiguity of the same language that she uses. Likewise, we will examine how the literary and spectacular dimensions of the theatrical genre invite us, in this case, to a deeper reading of the character, to establish with her a biunique relationship beyond the limits between reality and fiction.