"Whereby Hangs a Tale" : Narrative and the Deconstruction of the Self in Othello
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Title:
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"Whereby Hangs a Tale" : Narrative and the Deconstruction of the Self in Othello |
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Author:
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Tartanella, Emily
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Advisor:
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Benston, Kimberly
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Department:
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Haverford College. Dept. of English |
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Thesis (B.A.) |
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Issue Date:
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2010 |
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Abstract:
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My thesis examines Othello as a text fundamentally concerned with the nature of narrative and story-telling. I argue that while Othello initially sees narrative as a linear system, he is forced to see it as endlessly recursive, wherein brides re-transform to daughters, adults into children, Christians into barbarians. Through a series of techniques I term
"anti-narrative," or which might as well as be termed "anti-linear," (such as gossip, repetition, silence, and generalities), Iago constructs a vision of narrative that has no room for Othello's desire for narrative stability. As such the final act represents not a conclusion or closure, but the acceptance that such closure is impossible. |
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Subject:
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Subject:
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello
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Subject:
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Terms of Use:
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/
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Permanent URL:
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http://hdl.handle.net/10066/5596
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Tartanella, Emily.
""Whereby Hangs a Tale" : Narrative and the Deconstruction of the Self in Othello".
2010. Available electronically from
http://hdl.handle.net/10066/5596.
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