W.A. Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte : gender roles revisited

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dc.contributor.advisor Feenstra, Marianne
dc.contributor.coadvisor Stanford, H.J.
dc.contributor.postgraduate Fourie, Louis Wilhelm
dc.date.accessioned 2018-12-05T08:06:26Z
dc.date.available 2018-12-05T08:06:26Z
dc.date.created 2009/05/18
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.description Dissertation (MMus)--University of Pretoria, 2018.
dc.description.abstract The aim of this study is to determine to what extent the way in which gender roles are portrayed in Mozart’s opera Die Zauberflöte reflect the conventions of the time. A case study forms the basis for the research, where narrative data analysis is used to compare the non-indexical material found in the documents. A close reading of the libretto forms the first part of the analysis, after which four documents used as source material for the libretto are analysed, namely De Troyes’ Yvain, Terrasson’s Sethos, Von Born’s Über die Mysterien, and Wieland’s Dschinnistan. To compare the libretto to other contemporary German literature of its time, an analysis of Goethe’s Torquato Tasso and Schiller’s Don Karlos and Maria Stuart is undertaken. All of these analyses are done within the theoretical frameworks of feminism and gender studies. The research also incorporates elements of Cultural Materialism. It is found that Mozart’s opera takes a middle road amidst the contradictory viewpoints of the time (1791) by pitting weak male characters (Tamino and Papageno) against strong female characters (Pamina, the Königin and the Damen) in a misogynistic setting that gains the upper hand through Sarastro.
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dc.description.degree MMus
dc.description.department Music
dc.identifier.citation Fourie, LW 2018, W.A. Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte : gender roles revisited, MMus Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68005>
dc.identifier.other S2018
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68005
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher University of Pretoria
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dc.subject UCTD
dc.subject Die Zauberflöte
dc.subject Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
dc.subject Johan Wolfgang von Goethe
dc.subject Friedrich Schiller
dc.subject Feminism
dc.subject Gender studies
dc.subject Cultural Materialism
dc.subject German literature
dc.subject Enlightenment
dc.subject 18th -century
dc.subject.other Music theses SDG-04
dc.subject.other SDG-04: Quality education
dc.subject.other Music theses SDG-05
dc.subject.other SDG-05: Gender equality
dc.subject.other Music theses SDG-10
dc.subject.other SDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.subject.other Music theses SDG-16
dc.subject.other SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.title W.A. Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte : gender roles revisited
dc.type Dissertation


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