Spring Comes to Hades and Keeps Coming Back: An Analysis of Historical and Modern Adaptations of the Persephone Myth

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dc.contributor.advisorMorrison, Susan
dc.contributor.authorSchmidt, Lauren Virlee
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-09T16:22:40Z
dc.date.available2017-02-09T16:22:40Z
dc.date.issued2016-12
dc.description.abstractThe arrival of the twenty-first century signaled a new era of development and reevaluation of cultural beliefs and mores. Changes to the West can be observed in new forms of media and perspectives on gender, power, and choice. The myth of Persephone, after being adapted sporadically in the last two hundred years, experienced a resurgence in the new millennia. Its new adaptations by young creators exemplify a shift in the West towards acceptance and common ground. By analyzing works of art and literature both before and after the year 2000, this thesis will assess what trends are upheld and which are discarded with the new age. Decreased gender rigidity, reevaluation of choice, and exploration of power are all rising themes in new adaptations of the Persephone myth, mirroring societal development and new accepted norms in modern Western culture.
dc.description.departmentHonors College
dc.formatText
dc.format.extent64 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationSchmidt, L. V. (2016). Spring comes to Hades and keeps coming back: An analysis of historical and modern adaptations of the Persephone myth (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/6467
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectPersephone myth
dc.subjectsocial values
dc.subjectwestern culture
dc.subjectgraph theory
dc.subjectHades
dc.subjectGreek mythology
dc.subjectHonors College
dc.titleSpring Comes to Hades and Keeps Coming Back: An Analysis of Historical and Modern Adaptations of the Persephone Myth
thesis.degree.departmentHonors College
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglish
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University
txstate.documenttypeHonors Thesis

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