Female Survival in the Trojan Aftermath: Andromache in the Fiction of Pat Barker and Natalie Haynes
In both the archaic epic tradition and classical tragedy, Andromache stood with Penelope as a prime exemplar of feminine areté. Though classical reception has long favoured Penelope, Andromache’s marginalisation has been particularly persistent in contemporary women-authored rewritings of the classi...
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| Tipo de recurso: | capítulo de libro |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO) |
| Repositorio: | RIO. Repositorio Institucional Olavide |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:rio.upo.es:10433/25104 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10433/25104 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Andromache Myth retellings Greek tragedy Trojan women Gender Studies |
| Sumario: | In both the archaic epic tradition and classical tragedy, Andromache stood with Penelope as a prime exemplar of feminine areté. Though classical reception has long favoured Penelope, Andromache’s marginalisation has been particularly persistent in contemporary women-authored rewritings of the classical tradition. This chapter examines Pat Barker’s 'The Silence of the Girls' (2018) and 'The Women of Troy' (2021), as well as Natalie Haynes’ A 'Thousand Ships' (2019), to determine whether Andromache’s portrayal in the tragedies resonates with modern readers. In this chapter, a dialogue is thus fostered between Greek tragedy and modern myth retellings to explore themes of identities in transition, trauma and agency, thereby unravelling Andromache’s adaptation in modern literature. |
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