Material Information
- Title:
- GENRE AND INTERTEXTUALITY IN OVID'S HEROIDES
- Physical Description:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Creator:
- Kent, Erin Black
- Publisher:
- New College of Florida
- Place of Publication:
- Sarasota, Fla.
- Publication Date:
- 2014
Thesis/Dissertation Information
- Degree:
- Bachelor's ( B.A.)
- Degree Grantor:
- New College of Florida
- Degree Divisions:
- Humanities
- Area of Concentration:
- Classics
Subjects
- Genre:
- bibliography ( marcgt )
theses ( marcgt ) government publication (state, provincial, territorial, dependent) ( marcgt ) born-digital ( sobekcm ) Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Notes
- Abstract:
- This thesis examines Ovid’s Heroides 7, 10, and 12 through intertextual
readings of the heroines’ myths and the themes of three different generic
traditions. The first, epistolography, enables the heroines to create their own
personae and persuade the readers to believe them. To maintain their lovers’
interests, they characterize themselves as both powerful and powerless. The
second, lament, uses intertextual references to produce the irony pervading the
three poems. Although bolstered by funeral imagery, the heroines’ laments are
undercut by the readers’ knowledge of previous versions of their myths. The third,
elegy, introduces strict roles for the heroines to fulfill. Reversing these roles causes
the heroines embody conflicting personae. Considering these genres and
intertextual allusions, I give new readings of Heroides 7, 10, and 12 and discuss
their impact on the reader.
- Statement of Responsibility:
- by Erin Black Kent
- Thesis:
- Thesis (B.A.) -- New College of Florida, 2014
- General Note:
- RESTRICTED TO NCF STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY, AND ON-CAMPUS USE
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- General Note:
- This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The New College of Florida Libraries, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.
- General Note:
- Faculty Sponsor: Rohrbacher, David
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- New College of Florida
- Holding Location:
- New College of Florida
- Rights Management:
- Applicable rights reserved.
- Resource Identifier:
- Classification:
- S.T. 2014 K4b
- System ID:
- AA00024758:00001
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