Ancient Greek tragedy and modern literary process

The purpose of the study is to identify the specific forms of ancient drama reception in modern literature. The novelty of the work is determined by the use of understudied research material - a modern interpretation of ancient plots, investigated by means of the comparative typological method. The relevance lies in the characterization of universal features of the reception of antiquity in modern culture, which is achieved, among other things, by the interdisciplinary approach - the study of social issues (feminist discourse) and cross-genre interactions (literature and cinema). The paper proposes a classification and characteristics for several types of plot borrowings: paradigmatic interpretation as a comprehension of a well-known plot or familiarization with it at a new stage of literature existence; alternative interpretation as a look at a well-known plot from a new point of view; interpretation as a model and interpretation as a paradox, which represent modern realities, problems and discourses through the ancient myth. In modern forms of reception, the actualization of the plot is achieved through feminist discourse and the modernization of ancient realities, with genre transition being a specific feature of this process. While maintaining interest in ancient plots, the key to success in turning to classical material is emancipation from ancient literary paradigms.