Date Thesis Awarded
2013
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
English
Advisor
Laura Friedman
Committee Members
Brett Wilson
Monica Brzezinksi Potkay
Laurie J. Wolf
Abstract
This paper argues that The Two Gentlemen of Verona has a more complex relationship with gender roles than previous critical commentaries on the play have tended to suggest. Using a theoretical framework which associates the courtship narrative with the patterns of action associated with liminal spaces, the paper argues that within the space between maiden and wife, Julia is able to express sexual agency and is gradually able to associate this agency with femininity. The paper is especially focused on moments in which Julia interacts with material texts and the way that her role as reader, writer, and interpreter gives her a way to recreate herself as a sexual agent.
Recommended Citation
Loney, Emily L., "Liminal Agency: Texts, Textiles, and Gendered Performance in the Courtship Narrative of The Two Gentlemen of Verona" (2013). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 641.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/641
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Comments
Thesis is part of Honors ETD pilot project, 2008-2013. Migrated from Dspace in 2016.