EURO ST 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Antifeminism, Bsc Young Boys, Deism
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Basic approach is to look at this opera as a byproduct of enlightenment values. As the audience we are interested in seeing if it captures or depicts as well problems or. Perhaps also some kind of interesting way of moving beyond those limitations. How do we see the engrained prejudices and an enlightened way of overcoming them. The three young boys - what do they represent. If they lead tamino to enlightenment how is that enlightenment coded. Their call for manly virtues of self control seem to bring out a decidedly ale chauvinist and anti-feminist side of the enlightenment. We address this later in discussing the opposition between sarastro and the queen of the night. The effect of the queen of the nights music on tamino. Consider papagenos use of the glockenspiel - what is its effect and what does this say about the representation of monostatos.
