Date Thesis Awarded
5-2017
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
English
Advisor
Brett Wilson
Committee Members
Varun Begley
Laurie Wolf
Elizabeth Wiley
Abstract
This thesis focuses on two English, feminist playwrights: Aphra Behn, a seventeenth-century playwright, and Caryl Churchill, a twentieth-century playwright. The thesis discusses feminist politics in the plays of each playwright, with particular attention paid to matters of gender, sexuality, politics, and economics. In the process, the thesis examines Churchill's lack of overt deference to Behn's legacy, and goes on to attribute this lack of deference to Churchill's socialist politics, politics that directly conflict with Behn's Tory leanings.
Recommended Citation
Hahn, Hayley A., "Aphra Behn, One of Churchill’s Top Girls?: Assessing Caryl Churchill’s Lack of Deference to Behn’s Legacy" (2017). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 1081.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/1081
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