Date of Award
Spring 2019
Document Type
Thesis Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
Committee Chairperson
Paul Green, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Margaret Ervin, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Kuhio Walters, Ph.D.
Abstract
The pastoral mode in literature is historically one that engages prior works in a creative and generative dialogue. A closer look at this tradition reveals a creative process in which authors are at liberty to preserve, reject, or transform their source material. Due to the pastoral mode’s easy interaction with other modes, genres, and themes, this creative process is arguably a versatile one that extends beyond the pastoral mode. Using the formalist terms “siuzhet” and “fabula,” this thesis provides a structuralist comparative reading between William Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy As You Like It and its most direct source, Thomas Lodge’s pastoral romance novella Rosalynde, to better outline this process and its potential application for writers.
Recommended Citation
Crozier, Timothy, "Pastoral Compost: Transformation of Source Material in As You Like It" (2019). West Chester University Master’s Theses. 71.
https://digitalcommons.wcupa.edu/all_theses/71