Modern Relecture of Antigone in French Textbooks

French great writers have tried to revive myths. The famous authors of 20 the century use the Greek myths. Cocteau in his Orphé, Sartre in Giraudoux in example of such great writers. What was the goal of Anouilh by writing Antigone and using Greek myths? Did he use the myths for hiding his political beliefs in the time of occupation? How has this been reflected in French textbooks? Which part/s has been emphasized? What are the goals of textbooks by presenting some parts of such plays? We know that this play on the surface is a mythological play but actually tries to depict resistance and war. In this paper, an attempt is made to show that while in the past tragedy was used to depict the struggle between man and his destiny today modern tragedy depicts a kind of individual struggle between man and an authority by accepting death.This is a point which seems to have been ignored in French textbooks.