1st Edition

Marina Carr and Greek Tragedy Feminist Myths of Monstrosity

By Salomé Paul Copyright 2024
214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

Marina Carr and Greek Tragedy examines the feminist transposition of Greek tragedy in the theatre of the contemporary Irish dramatist Marina Carr. Through a comparison of the plays based on classical drama with their ancient models, it investigates Carr’s transformation not only of the narrative but also of the form of Greek tragedy. As a religious and political institution of the 5th-century... Read more

Introduction: The Gender of Politics

Chapter One: From “Woman” to Women on Stage

Chapter Two: Feminist Resistance to Patriarchal Myths     

Chapter Three: Writing Like a Woman     

Chapter Four: Feminist Tragedy

Conclusion: A Threshold Towards an Inclusive Tragedy

Biography

Salomé Paul completed a PhD in Drama Studies from University College Dublin and in Comparative Literature from Sorbonne University in 2020. She was awarded the French Government Medal and the National University of Ireland Prize for Distinction in Collaborative Degrees for her doctoral research in 2021. She was the recipient of the Two-Year Postdoctoral Scheme of the Irish Research Council from 2020 to 2022. During that period of time, she was a postdoctoral fellow in Drama Studies at Trinity College Dublin. Her research focuses on transpositions of Greek tragedy in European modern and contemporary stages.