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ADRIENNE RICH'S ANDROGYNE: SURVIVOR IN A POLARIZED WASTELAND

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1975
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Adrienne Rich's androgyne is a fusion of archetypal primal myths and modern psychical concepts of androgyny focusing on the dual components--male and female--present in each psyche, departing from the polarized role myths heretofore influencing and dominating literature. Early mythic and literary examples of androgyny trace the development of androgynous primal beings in Genesis and the Upanishads, androgynous women in the mythology of virgin births, Sappho's bisexual poetry, Plato's Symposium and Er myths, and the hermaphrodite in Greek and Roman mythology. More recently the approach to androgyny has been Jungian, fusing dual elements in the psyche, manifesting itself in the works of Coleridge, Woolf, Whitman, Eliot and modern feminists. Rich considers the androgyne in its social context, exploring patriarchy, role consciousness and language power. Possessing a bardic vision enabling her to see beyond the traditional stereotyped roles of a polarized wasteland, Rich focuses on the androgyne as a survivor.
Title: ADRIENNE RICH'S ANDROGYNE: SURVIVOR IN A POLARIZED WASTELAND.
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Name(s): KAPLAN, MARLYNE (MARZI).
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Pearce, Howard D., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1975
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 117 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Adrienne Rich's androgyne is a fusion of archetypal primal myths and modern psychical concepts of androgyny focusing on the dual components--male and female--present in each psyche, departing from the polarized role myths heretofore influencing and dominating literature. Early mythic and literary examples of androgyny trace the development of androgynous primal beings in Genesis and the Upanishads, androgynous women in the mythology of virgin births, Sappho's bisexual poetry, Plato's Symposium and Er myths, and the hermaphrodite in Greek and Roman mythology. More recently the approach to androgyny has been Jungian, fusing dual elements in the psyche, manifesting itself in the works of Coleridge, Woolf, Whitman, Eliot and modern feminists. Rich considers the androgyne in its social context, exploring patriarchy, role consciousness and language power. Possessing a bardic vision enabling her to see beyond the traditional stereotyped roles of a polarized wasteland, Rich focuses on the androgyne as a survivor.
Identifier: 13720 (digitool), FADT13720 (IID), fau:10552 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1975.
Subject(s): Rich, Adrienne Cecile--Criticism and interpretation
Androgyny (Psychology)
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