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Motherhood and Power: Medea Through the Translations

Our Mission

With this project, we want to discover how Medea as a mother and an authority figure has morphed and been reinterpreted throughout various translations. By looking at different texts featuring the same passage, we can discover how slight changes within each translation affects her overall character and her experiences through motherhood. For our analysis, we'll be looking at four diffferent translations of a Medea passage completed by authors of demographic, time, and language diversity. We'll use the same schema across all four documents to promote comparison and detailed argument.

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About the Team

  • Alivia Pierce is a graduating senior studying Africana Studies and Art History. Their concentration is in Black archival studies.
  • Eliver Russo is a senior Theatre Arts student with a minor track in Creative Writing. Their concentration is Costume Design and Fiction Writing.
  • Audrey Weeden is a sophomore student at the University of Pittsburgh majoring in Early Education with two minors in French and Social Work.
  • Carmel Levin is a junior double majoring in English and communications. She plans on getting a master's degree in secondary English education on her way to become a high school English teacher.
  • Maxine Van Nortwick is a sophomore honors college student double majoring in Communications and Nonfiction English Writing with certificates in Broadcasting Arts and Digital Media. She's looking to go into journalism, and was excited to get some experience in coding!
  • Project Mentor: Polly Naneva
  • Project Advisor: Sarah Brucia Breitenfeld
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