Abstract

This essay disucsses Ovid's Philomela in the context of the #MeToo Movement. It engages the problems of power and the use of masculine violence to silence female voices, and the ways these problems transcend time and culture. It then reflects on the potential for teaching Ovid alongside the #MeToo discourse.

Highlights

  • This spring I’ll teach Ovid’s “Tereus, Procne, and Philomela” in my World Literature survey at Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, a public residential high school for high-achieving students

  • I selected this text for selfish reasons— Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Legend of PhiTlomela” from his Legend of Good Women is one of my favorite texts (I’m a Chaucerian after all)

  • When Philomela threatens to expose him, he cuts out her tongue and locks her away

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Introduction

This spring I’ll teach Ovid’s “Tereus, Procne, and Philomela” in my World Literature survey at Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, a public residential high school for high-achieving students. Teaching Note The #MeToo Movement and Ovid’s Philomela Here’s a brief synopsis: Tereus, married to Procne, rapes Procne’s sister Philomela.

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