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Gender and the Interpretation of Drama
Around the world, gender is the primary division between people. ... Of the many aspects of gender discrimination in everyday life that could be examined, the question of gender and authorship has emerged. Gender is relevant when interpreting a dramatic text but it should not be treated as a distinct variable. When one interprets a dramatic event gender should be subsumed into the overall meaning of a work.
As seen in the introduction, women have and continue to face many hardships because of their gender. ... If one’s focus is primarily gender they may not be able to see the author’s true purpose because they may make their own assumptions on the basis of the playwrights sex.
When women such as Aphra Behn began writing plays many of the plays were tools to recreate people’s thoughts on gender and specifically reveal what women were capable of and how they had been oppressed. Just as Suzan Lori Parks’ mission has been to recreate history by becoming “possessed,” through the theater many women as well as men have the opportunity to change the stereotypes that have been given to their gender.
Approximate Word count = 926
Approximate Pages = 3.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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