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Thesis
BESTIARY
University of West Florida
Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida
2010
Abstract
Bestiary is a fabular retelling of the myth of the Sphinx. Removing her character from the restraints imposed upon her narrow inclusion in Oedipus's myth, this novella aims to explore the questions raised by her paradoxical biology and confused identity that are suggested in myth, but go unexplored. In this work, the character Sphinx is given an opportunity to tell herself, and with this agency and voice accorded to her, Bestiary interrogates her own monstrousness: her abrupt delineation between animal and human, her troubled sexuality, and the aporia of her desires.
Details
- Title
- BESTIARY
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Publisher
- University of West Florida
- Format
- text
- Copyright
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
- Identifiers
- 99380090737206600
- Academic Unit
- English
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Master of Arts (MA)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida