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From Penelope to Winnie Mandela – Women Who Waited

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Zyl Smit, Betine
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	The paper examines the depiction of Penelope, the faithful wife in Homer’s Odyssey, in some modern novels from different parts of the world. A brief analysis of Ovid’s hint at a more complex woman in the Heroides is followed by discussion of the versions of Jean Giono, Inge Merkel, Penelope Lively, Margaret Atwood and Njabulo Ndebele’s The Cry of Winnie Mandela. Whereas the epic focuses on the eponymous hero, these works, which all draw on the Odyssey, move Penelope to the foreground and the adventure story becomes the backdrop for a different kind of adventure that is played out in the marital home. It is notable that the modern novels concentrate on the psychology of the woman and on the marriage relationship and make the epic couple a paradigm for marriage in the modern world.
Starting Page	393
Ending Page	406
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10730508
Journal	International Journal of the Classical Tradition
Volume Number	15
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	18746292
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2009-06-20
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Arts Cultural Heritage Languages and Literature Classical Studies Humanities
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Cultural Studies Classics

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