Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 1982 The twentieth century recurrence of the tradition of animal characters in drama Linda Jean Brant Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd Part of the English Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Brant, Linda Jean, "The twentieth century recurrence of the tradition of animal characters in drama" (1982). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 14408. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/14408 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The twentieth century recurrence of the tradition of animal characters in drama by Linda Jean Brant A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS Major: English Signatures have been redacted for privacy Signatures have been redacted for privacy Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 1982 Copyright ^ Linda Jean Brant, 1982. All rights reserved, ii TABLE OF CONTENTS page OVERVIEW 1 THE SATIRIC ELEMENT 11 ALIENATION 15 HUMAN BEINGS AS ANIMALS 22 ANIMALS 'AS ANIMALS 44 ANIMALS REPRESENTING MAN 51 ANIMALS AS SUPERNATURAL 67 EVOLUTIONARY CHARACTERS 76 THE USE CONTINUES 91 NOTES 95 BIBLIOGRAPHY 103 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 109 OVERVIEW Historically, literature has made frequent use of speaking animals, but more commonly in fiction than in drama.