The Representation of Gender in Virginia Woolf’s Orlando and Jeffrey Eugenides’s Middlesex by Marte Rognstad A Thesis Presented to The Department of Literature‚ Area Studies and European Languages University of Oslo In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the MA Degree Spring Term 2012 Marte Rognstad The Representation of Gender in Virginia Woolf’s Orlando and Jeffrey Eugenides’s Middlesex Marte Rognstad http://www.duo.uio.no Trykk: Reprosentralen‚ Universitetet i Oslo
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THE ROLE EVERYDAY PERFORMATIVITY PLAY IN INTERPELLATING US AS RACED‚ GENDERED‚ CLASSED‚ ETHICIZED AND NATIONAL SUBJECTS AND IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN SUBVERT THE ROLES ASSIGNED BY US BY SOCIETY. Performativity is one of the difficult terms to define because of its interdisciplinary nature in which it is used. Even though such is the case‚ it is often used to name the capacity of speech‚ as a production of the speaking body‚ as well as other non-verbal forms of expressive action‚ to perform
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Understanding a Play Through Perception of Gender & Ethnicity Take a painting for instance‚ you and another individual may be looking at the same painting‚ but you will both have different interpretations of the painting based on what you know or understand about your life. This is exactly how it may be when looking at a play. In this case‚ by means of ethnicity and gender. Our perceptions of ethnicity or gender may vary based on where we live‚ or our cultural backgrounds. For this reason
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of Women in the Canadian Theatre‚” which concluded that between 1978 and 1981 Canadian women made up 13 percent of theatre directors and 10 percent of playwrights.”(citation) Meaning that there is 87 percent of theatre directors that are male and 90 percent of male playwrights‚ the saddening part is that women do not make up any close to half of what males do. “Only 12 percent of Canadian theatre companies were under the artistic direction of women. The larger the theatre‚ the less likely it was
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A central concept of performativity is that one’s gender is constructed through the repetitive performance of gender. Butler’s theory does not accept stable and coherent gender identity. Gender is “the repeated stylisation of the body‚ a set of repetitive acts within a highly rigid regulatory frame that congeal over time to produce the appearance of substance‚ of a natural sort of being(Butler‚ 1990‚ p.33).” What Butler means that gender is performative is to say that gender is “real only to the
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Essay Question: In what ways does the “performativity of gender” support or subvert heteropatriarchy? Heteropatriarchy‚ by definition‚ refers to the “sex/gender systems that naturalize masculinist domination and normalize heterosexual family forms and corollary heterosexist identities and practices” (Peterson‚ 57). Namely‚ it is “an overarching system of male dominance through the institution of compulsory heterosexuality” (Yep‚ 31). By reinforcing gender divisions between male and female‚ heteropatriarchy
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MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Rather than a summation of the readings ’The role of the body in the production and perception of solo vocal performance: A case study of Annie Lennox’ by Jane Davidson and ’On Performativity and production in Madonna’s ’Music’’ by Stan Hawkins‚ I would prefer to highlight the points which provoked me to think of musical performances I have enjoyed‚ not enjoyed‚ or been challenged by. By utilizing previous experiences of musical performances and applying them to the material
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Theatre probably arose as a performance of ritual activities that did not require initiation on the part of the spectator. This similarity of early theatre to ritual is negatively attested by Aristotle‚ who in his Poetics defined theatre in contrast to the performances of sacred mysteries: theatre did not require the spectator to fast‚ drink the kykeon‚ or march in a procession; however theatre did resemble the sacred mysteries in the sense that it brought purification and healing to the spectator
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5/5/2013 The Fourth Wall Theatre in today’s society has changed from what it was in the early days. Everyone has heard many names in the theatre industry but the most well know is William Shakespeare. Now a question that is asked frequently is who had the most influence in today’s theatre? Bertolt Brecht is another figure in theatre history‚ whose name is mentioned as being influential also. He has proven time and time again as an influential person for modern theatre‚ below in this paper are just
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THEATRE Theatre a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture‚ speech‚ song‚ music or dance. Elements of design and stagecraft are used to enhance the physicality‚ presence and immediacy of the experience. The specific place of the performance is also named by the word "theatre" as derived from
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