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Carol Dougherty is a Professor of Classical Studies and Director of Comparative Literature at Wellesley College. She specializes in the literature and culture of Ancient Greece and teaches courses on Greek drama, myth, and the theme of travel in literature. Her research bridges historical, literary, and cultural analyses of archaic and classical Greece (8-6th centuries BCE).
- B.A., Stanford University
- M.A., University of California-Santa Barbara
- M.A., Princeton University
- Ph.D., Princeton University
Dougherty’s work explores foundational texts like Homer’s Odyssey and Athenian tragedy, examining how ancient narratives engage with themes of colonization, identity, and civic belonging. Her publications include The Poetics of Colonization (1993), The Raft of Odysseus (2001), and Travel and Home in Homer and Contemporary Literature (2019), which connects Homeric themes to modern novels such as The Road and The English Patient.
In her course Tragic Times: Ancient Greek Drama and Contemporary Adaptations, she analyzes cross-cultural re-imaginings of plays like Antigone, Medea, and Trojan Women, highlighting their enduring relevance to politics, community, and power dynamics.
