Nationalism in Irish Drama: Yeats, Synge and O'Casey Research Papers (original) (raw)

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  • Literature, J.M. Synge, Plays, Nationalism in Irish Drama: Yeats, Synge and O'Casey
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  • Nationalism in Irish Drama: Yeats, Synge and O'Casey

Why did Yeats marry a 25-year-old heiress when he was 52?

• • by Patricia Hughes
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  • Irish Studies, Irish Literature, William Butler Yeats, Poetry

This study aims at discussing Synge’s Riders to the Sea, with a focus on Irish nationalism and cultural identity as two significant ways of resistance against the English cultural colonialism. Though many critics regard J.M. Synge as an... more

This study aims at discussing Synge’s Riders to the Sea, with a focus on Irish nationalism and cultural identity as two significant ways of resistance against the English cultural colonialism. Though many critics regard J.M. Synge as an example of a regional dramatist because his works are related to the local Irish material, this study; however, aims to correct this vision of Synge as only pertaining to Irish Celtic culture, but as an innovator of the Irish theatre and as a culturalist who shifted Irish theatre into a universal scope. Thus, though Synge's fame is due to his treatment of the "folk" drama; still, he finds in Ireland’s folk tales, myths, and traditional legends a rich source for universal interests. By tracing the reinforcement of the Irish setting and oral culture for a cultural function which aims at establishing the Irish identity and reviving its national heritage, the study argues that Synge's dramatic presentations were not only of regional or local value; but also, of international and cultural significance. That is though J.M. Synge introduces his theme in a local Irish context, with a focus on peasants; he was able to transform the Irish theatre from the local context to universality.
Index Terms—Riders to Sea, modern Irish theatre, J. M. Synge, naturalistic drama, nationalism and cultural identity

• • by Dr. Amal Kitishat
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  • Irish Literature, FATE AND FREEWILL: A CRTICAL OVERVIEW OF THE EXISTENTIALIST THEORY IN DEREK WALCOTT'S THE SEA AT DAUPHIN AND JOHN MILLNGTON SYNGE'S RIDERS TO THE SEA, Nationalism in Irish Drama: Yeats, Synge and O'Casey, J. M. Synge's Dramaturgy
• • by Francis Tuifao
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  • Northern Ireland Literature, Social Movements, Social Theory, Irish Studies

Sean O'Casey is considered one of the greatest play writers in the Irish Dramatic Movement. His importance refers back to his realistic portrayal of the Irish society in general and of Dublin in particular. It is his experience in the... more

Sean O'Casey is considered one of the greatest play writers in the Irish Dramatic Movement. His importance refers back to his realistic portrayal of the Irish society in general and of Dublin in particular. It is his experience in the slums of Dublin that provides him with the details that he employed in his plays. The study aims at proving that by describing Dublin slums, O'Casey indirectly directs a criticism of the social and political reality as a background of the bloody events that Ireland witnessed. The plays that are going to be studied are The shadow of a gunman, Juno and the Paycock, Red Roses for me. Unlike other Irish dramatists who idealized Ireland, O'Casey reveals the contradictions in the Irish society. Thus, the study concludes that O'Casey is distinguished from other Irish writers in avoiding the idealized portrayal of Ireland and offers us a mock-heroic treatment of his society

• • by Dr. Amal Kitishat and +1
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  • Postcolonial Literature, Irish Theatre and Drama, Sean O'Casey, Drama/Theatre in Education
• • by Irina Ruppo
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  • Irish Studies, Woman Suffrage, Ireland, Sean O'Casey