2022-2023
Primary/Ancient Texts: Homeric Hymn to Demeter. Translated by Gregory Nagy. https://uh.edu/~cldue/texts/demeter.html. Ovid. 2004. Metamorphoses: A New Verse Translation. Translated by David Raeburn. London: Penguin Classics. Will use the “Rape of Proserpina” myth in Book 5 (pp. 191-202) and the “Orpheus […]
For my thesis, I’m thinking that I will argue that the creators of the musical Hadestown are creating a new chapter of the myth of Hades and Persephone in order to parallel their relationship with that of Orpheus and Eurydice. […]
In my original Thesis Idea post I knew I wanted to do something with mythology but wasn’t yet sure what, so I didn’t really have an actual topic at that point. Now I’m thinking about doing something with modern receptions […]
I don’t quite have any specific ideas or topics in mind for my thesis yet, but I do know that I am interested in mythology, primarily the actual stories of the myths. I’ve always loved stories and narratives, so I […]
