“Shout it Out. Nobody’s Listening”: (Re)Membering Postcolonial Ireland in Brian Friel’s Translations
At the core of Irish playwright Brian Friel’s Translations (1980) is an understanding of the role that memory, silence, and language play in the construction and deconstruction of a particular postcolonial Irish national mythology, one that is dependent upon a reinterpretation of the aisling traditi...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2022
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | At the core of Irish playwright Brian Friel’s Translations (1980) is an understanding of the role that memory, silence, and language play in the construction and deconstruction of a particular postcolonial Irish national mythology, one that is dependent upon a reinterpretation of the aisling tradition of Irish poetry that symbolically renders the Irish nation as a silent, violated woman. |
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