Literature 3217 - The Tragic Heroine in the Western Imagination:From Euripedes to Tennessee Williams

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Bard College

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GSS The figure of the tragic heroine-abject, grandiose, vengeful, self-sacrificing, murderous, noble, alluring-has gripped the Western imagination for nearly 30 centuries. Why do male authors focus so consistently on the representation of suffering females-often for the benefit of male audiences? Through a series of close readings of representative texts in a number of genres (epic, tragedy, lyric, fiction, opera), students explore the aesthetic nature and ideological roots of this cultural preoccupation.

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4.00

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www.bard.edu

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(845) 758-6822

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Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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