- Tytuł:
- “And this was always a house of reticence, of things unspoken,wasn’t it?”: Brian Friel’s Aristocrats
- Autorzy:
- Kozub, Monika
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2081150.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2017
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Czytelnia Czasopism PAN
- Tematy:
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Brian Friel
Northern Irish Drama
the demise of the Catholic Big House
the issue of social
class
the death of a patriarch as indicator for a new dispensation - Opis:
- Aristocrats (1979), one of Friel’s most Chekhovian plays, is a revealing family drama which takes place during an explosion of political violence in Northern Ireland in the mid-1970s. The play depicts the dissolution of the “Catholic Aristocracy”, the once influential O’Donnells, who have gathered at a family reunion in their crumbling home, Ballybeg Hall. The play centres on the gap between the O’Donnells’ view of themselves and the bleak reality of their lives. Despite the fact that the O’Donnell family find themselves on the verge of bankruptcy, they keep dwelling in the past remembering the times when the Big House was in its heyday. Moreover, the protagonists are leading a life of seclusion, as they have totally isolated themselves from their surroundings. The play ends on a note of indeterminacy and the playwright seems to ask how much of the O’Donnells’ plight is inevitable, and whether alternative solutions are possible.
- Źródło:
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Kwartalnik Neofilologiczny; 2017, 1; 81-94
0023-5911 - Pojawia się w:
- Kwartalnik Neofilologiczny
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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