A Feminist Exploration of the Mother-Daughter Relationship in Euripides’ Elektra
dc.contributor.advisor | Farmer, Matthew C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Pak, Celine | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-04T15:17:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-12-04T15:17:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper engages with two Black feminist theorists, Audre Lorde and Saidiya Hartman, in order to identify a liberatory methodology with which one can create a positive reading of Elektra and Clytemnestra, the two central female figures within Euripides’ Elektra. The paper focuses particularly on the effects of language and narrative on one’s perceived reality, and attempts to center each woman’s words, even as their words and narratives affect one another. In doing so, the final goal of the paper is to look at the mother-daughter relationship between the two characters as a whole, and the tragic effects of that relationship that inundate the play. | |
dc.description.award | The Daniel Gillis and Joseph Russo Prize | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Haverford College. Department of Classics | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10066/50036 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.rights.access | Tri-College users only | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | |
dc.title | A Feminist Exploration of the Mother-Daughter Relationship in Euripides’ Elektra | |
dc.type | Thesis |