Date of Award
Summer 8-7-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Dr. Cristina León Alfar
Second Advisor
Dr. Sonali Perera
Academic Program Adviser
Dr. Janet Neary
Abstract
Titus Andronicus’s obsession with honor eclipses his daughter's agency whereas David Lurie’s acceptance of his daughter's choices ultimately creates conditions of possibility. Coetzee represents Lurie as ultimately shedding patriarchal preoccupation with “dignity” and “honor.”
Recommended Citation
Walsh, Colleen, "“They do us the honour of treating us like gods, and we respond by treating them like things”: The Problem with Fathers in William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus and J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace" (2020). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/608
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