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The Importance Of Being Oscar: A Performance Studies Inquiry Of Wilde's Literary Women, Sydney Nicole Lanier
The Importance Of Being Oscar: A Performance Studies Inquiry Of Wilde's Literary Women, Sydney Nicole Lanier
English Theses
The plays of Oscar Wilde hold more than just sharp wit and likable characters; they also contain examinations of aspects of the playwright's own personality and explorations of possible life choices. Through the use of Performance Studies theory, this thesis seeks to shed light on how Wilde saw himself versus how he presented himself at different points in his life. The texts analyzed within are Wilde's 1891 dramatic religious retelling, Salomé, and his 1894 domestic comedy, The Importance of Being Ernest. Within each are clues to the interior desires of their author: Salomé offers an investigation of a strong female …
"Check With Yo' Man First; Check With Yo' Man": Perry Appropriates Drag As A Tool To Recirculate Patriarchal Ideology, Timothy Scott Lyle
"Check With Yo' Man First; Check With Yo' Man": Perry Appropriates Drag As A Tool To Recirculate Patriarchal Ideology, Timothy Scott Lyle
English Theses
In this thesis project, I investigate the drama of Perry and introduce his dramaturgy into the academic landscape. As the critical discourse is shifting towards the realm of popular culture, we must begin to locate several discourses at work in the drama of quite possibly the most popular, visible, and financially successful African American playwright of the twenty-first century, if not of all time. Drawing on gender and queer theory, I offer a theoretical discussion about subversive and non-subversive drag acts, and I question the degree to which Perry appropriates drag in a politically liberating or constraining manner. Moreover, I …