Honour, desire, discourse: The notion of authority in Aphra Behn's comic drama.

dc.contributor.advisor	Makaryk, I. R.,
dc.contributor.author	Ross, Shannon M.
dc.date.accessioned	2009-03-19T14:15:03Z
dc.date.available	2009-03-19T14:15:03Z
dc.date.created	1998
dc.date.issued	1998
dc.degree.level	Masters
dc.degree.name	M.A.
dc.description.abstract	Honour, Desire, Discourse: The Notion of Authority in Aphra Behn's Comic Drama examines Aphra Behn's negotiation, within her comic drama in particular, with the notion of authority in one of England's most culturally and politically tumultuous eras. Contextualized within the sociohistory of the latter half of the seventeenth century, the paper looks in detail at three of Behn's comic plays: The Rover, or, the Banish't Cavaliers, Part I (1677), The Lucky Chance, or, The Alderman's Bargain (1686), and The Widow Ranter, or, The History of Bacon in Virginia (1689). Each study revolves around Behn's treatment of the notion of authority within the play, the particular social and political moods or events that inform this treatment, and Behn's use of the comic genre as a medium for discourse with dominant cultural paradigms.
dc.format.extent	109 p.
dc.identifier.citation	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 37-06, page: 1630.
dc.identifier.isbn	9780612387638
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10393/4535
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-10305
dc.publisher	University of Ottawa (Canada)
dc.subject.classification	Theater.
dc.title	Honour, desire, discourse: The notion of authority in Aphra Behn's comic drama.
dc.type	Thesis

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