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Once Alien Here: The Poetry of John Hewitt

Zadanie pt. „Digitalizacja i udostępnienie w Cyfrowym Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego kolekcji czasopism naukowych wydawanych przez Uniwersytet Łódzki” nr 885/P-DUN/2014 dofinansowane zostało ze środków MNiSW w ramach działalności upowszechniającej nauk

Le contexte contemporain de la critique théâtrale en Irlande ou « Martin McDonagh est-il un dramaturge irlandais »?

Cet article décrit les problèmes associés à la prédominance du discours postcolonial dans le champ des études irlandaises consacrées au théâtre. En se basant sur une étude de cas, soit celle du malaise de la critique causée par la question de l’appartenance institutionnelle du dramaturge Martin McDonagh, Sarah Keating souligne à quel point une incapacité de dépasser les constructions postcoloniales de l’identité nationale freine le développement discursif de ce même champ d’études.The objective of this paper is to expose problems in contemporary Irish theatre studies that arise from the dominance of post-colonial discourse in the field. By using the critical anxiety surrounding questions linked to Martin McDonaghs institutional affiliations as a case study, this paper demonstrates how the reluctance to move beyond post-colonial constructs of national identity inhibits the discursive development of Irish theatre studies

Stormy Isle of Peace

On Ireland's 800 year fight with the British, map of Ireland (p. 170

SYNGE’S SEARCH FOR IRISH IDENTITY IN JOSEPH O’CONNOR’S GHOST LIGHT - The Self-Contradictory Search for Acceptance

Ireland has a long history of colonisation under England’s rule and when the first invaders came to Ireland the Irish had little or no determined identity of their own. In Ghost Light the playwright John Milton Synge is desperately seeking his identity within the Irish community, feeling alienated due to his Protestant heritage. This essay therefore investigates how a colonial presence can interfere with one’s identity in sense of language, religion and class by applying post-colonial theory and the theory of stereotypes. The result shows that Synge’s search for acceptance is contradictory since he constructs his own idealistic Irish identity using stereotypes which hinders him from feeling accepted in a group that he was, ironically, a part of from the beginning

Participatory music in the Irish Gaeltacht

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