Lilla Csongrádi

Say No and Death Awaits You

Female unruliness as portrayed by William Shakespeare through Cordelia and Katherina, in his dramas King Lear and The Taming of the Shrew

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Saying no might be an ordinary thing for women
nowadays, however, it did not use to be like that for
women of renaissance times. The book describes female
unruliness portrayed by Shakespeare through Katherina
and Cordelia, two of the most prominent
manifestations of rebellious women.
The first two chapters deal with Cordelia s and
Katherina s words and their consequences with regard
to their fate. It is also examined whether and how
the playwright embosses the renaissance woman through
them. The final chapter contains more of the
mythological background through the archetypal
characters witch and goddess . Renaissance and
medieval aspects of life are also compared. Moreover,
the patriarchal system is examined as to its aspects
regarding the barriers of manifestation to the
playwright.
The book should help shed some light on how the age
restricted or freed the mind, and more precisely, how
Shakespeare interwove this aspect into the dramas in
question. It should also be especially useful to
university students or anyone else who may be
considering doing research into the field of the
English literature of the Renaissance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 60
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9783639158595
• ISBN-10: 3639158598
• Artikelnr.: 26623900

Autorenporträt

Born in Transylvania, she has lived in Hungary since 1989. Her
main interest is English literature in the Renaissance. She
acquired a BA in 2004 including teacher training , then
obtained an MA in English Philology in 2009 at the University of
Pannonia. With a two-year bias towards project management, she
has taught English since 2004.