(De)constructing Salome: Toward A Dialectical Critique of Transgression

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Abstract/Contents

Abstract: A thesis on Oscar Wilde's "Salome" (1891) that critically examines and reworks the history of criticism around the play. Against traditional feminist interpretations, it offers a new reading that rejects the view of Salome as a simply powerful or successful individual. Rather, as Salome moves toward greater feminist agency, she must also engage fundamentally with her aesthetic and social constraints. Combining the feminist and aesthetic lens, then, produces a much-needed nuance to Salome's character analysis as both a woman and transgressor.

Type of resource	text
Date created	May 15, 2014

Author	Acosta, Andrea
Primary advisor	Gigante, Denise
Advisor	Dierkes-Thrun, Petra
Degree granting institution	Stanford University, Department of English

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/tp540zr1609

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Preferred Citation: Acosta, Andrea and Gigante, Denise and Dierkes-Thrun, Petra. (2014). (De)constructing Salome: Toward A Dialectical Critique of Transgression. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/tp540zr1609

Stanford University, Department of English, Undergraduate Honors Theses

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