The only paper of note I wrote in the seminar I took on tragedy in the summer of 2008 was my seminar paper on how patriarchy affects how characters can "come home" in plays. My discussion include Pinter, Aeschylus, Ibsen, and Maraini.
Patriarchal Authority & “Coming Home” In Tragedy
(trying to clear backlog of graduate school writing)
For Dr. Evarts’ seminar on tragedy, I wrote my seminar paper on the
role of “coming home” in tragedy and how that affects the power and
authority of women. I focused on The Oresteia, The Homecoming, and A Doll’s House,
with some references as well to the plays of Dacia Maraini. Critically,
my focus is on Kristeva, Prentice, Moi, and, of course, Rubin. Overall,
I am not that happy with this paper. We got sidetracked a LOT in this
class, so class discussion of some works was unsubstantive. At best. Add
a bit of interlibrary loan bad luck, and my best work was not done. I
am still pretty proud of the angle I took, especially since it seemed to
make some people in the room uncomfortable.