Essays about: "Greek mythology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words Greek mythology.

  1. 1. Goddess, Lover, Mother, Witch : Feminist Revisionist Mythmaking and Feminine Morphology of Narrative in Madeline Miller’s Circe

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Wiktoria Grzybowska; [2023]
    Keywords : feminism; feminist literary theory; greek mythology; feminist mythmaking; revisionism; Circe; Madeline Miller; The Odyssey;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to position Circe by Madeline Miller as an example of feminist revisionist mythmaking and investigate some of the novel’s revisionary practices. I thus begin by introducing the project of feminist revisionism, as conceptualized by several different feminist thinkers. READ MORE

  3. 2. Criticizing Patriarchal Traditions through Alternative History in Carol Ann Duffy's The World's Wife

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Sandra Ask; [2023]
    Keywords : Carol Ann Duffy; Poetry; The World s Wife; Retellings; Alternative History; Patriarchy; Historic Women; History; Greek Mythology; Gender;

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  4. 3. First blood: Menarche as the foundation for women's self-realisation

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Elena Iacovou; [2023]
    Keywords : Parthenogenesis; goddess-worshipping; religion; religious studies; rites of passage; liminality; existential health.;

    Abstract : Goddess-based civilisations worshipped the divine as a parthenogentic primordial creative force. Parthenogensis a Greek word that derives from parthenos “virgin” and genesis “from the beginning” was the path of liberation or rebirth into one’s divine nature. READ MORE

  5. 4. Unraveling the Female Nakedness : The Examination of Gender Inequality Manifested in Female Sculptures during the Classical Period, and it's Relevance

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linda Persson; [2022]
    Keywords : The Female Body; Female Nakedness; Classical Sculpture; Female Inferiority; Gender Manifestation; Graeco-Roman Perceptions; Manifestation of Gender Inequality.;

    Abstract : This research examines the manifestation of gender inequality represented in female sculptures during the Classical period and the relevance of such evidence. To achieve the purpose, the female figures and their sculptural developments are compared to their male counterparts, and their differences are examined and interpreted. READ MORE

  6. 5. Cassandra’s Dream Song in Context: Reinventing Greek Mythology through the Contemporary Flute

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Musikhögskolan i Malmö

    Author : Andreani Papageorgiou; [2022]
    Keywords : Flute; Mythology; New complexity; Detailed notation; Extended techniques; Interpretation; Emotional conflict; Performer’s initiative; Performing Arts;

    Abstract : The subject of the present thesis stems from my personal interest about the way Greek mythology has influenced the craft of composing for, and playing, the flute. Although I have always been connected to my heritage, this particular interest was piqued during my studies abroad and especially when I began to tackle Brian Ferneyhough’s Cassandra’s Dream Song (1970) for solo flute. READ MORE