Rix, Robert W. "Was Oedipus Framed?." Orbis Litterarum 54.2 (1999): 134-145. Academic Search Elite. Reeves Library, Seton Hill University. http://reeveslib.setonhill.edu.

Focuses on the problematic question of guilt in the canonical drama of 'Oedipus Rex' and the later critical solutions that have been offered to it. Unresolvedness of the drama that brings out into the open some essential discussions of how all narratives are structured; Extent to which the tragic structure of the play can be said to be determined by its historical context.

I suggest that you take notes as you read, underlining unfamiliar words and looking up their definitions. You may have to read this more than once in order to make sense of it. I find it almost impossible to read dense scholarly material online, so as much as I hate to kill trees, I suggest that you print it out and mark it up.

If this is your first close encounter with an academic text, don't panic . You won't be quizzed on this material -- you don't have to memorize it. Just note that the author spends almost no time summarizing the plot or describing the characters, except in short bursts that are part of the argument the author wants to make, as on page 136, where the author tells part of the protagonist's growing understanding of his guilt, and uses those details to support the idea that the play is, at this point, a detective story.