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- Title
Will a Pharaoh's Daughter Help?: Rethinking the Question of Language Through Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's "Ceist na teangan".
- Authors
Lewis, Eric A.
- Abstract
Historically, Irish and Quebec theatre were firmly rooted in a national tradition and tied to a nationalist agenda on which language, religion, and identity placed very high. this article contends that both theatres have reached beyond the confines of nation and nationalism and have achieved the status of global theatre in which identity, citizenship, and belonging are fluid concepts. Focussing on the work of Larry tremblay from Quebec and Frank McGuinness from Ireland, both internationally renowned and travelled contemporary dramaturgs, the study engages a reconsideration of the nation/performance relationship. their plays qualify as global theatre in comparable ways that merit study. through a study of two monologue plays, tremblay's The Dragonfly of Chicoutimi and McGuinness's Baglady, the article demonstrates that both authors trace paths towards global theatre that elicits a reflexive rather than uniform, mass-market response from both national and international audiences. these paths begin, however, in their place of birth, identity, and belonging as reflected in their poetic language. thus, while moving in the same direction, the paths are better described as parallel rather than intersecting.
- Subjects
IRELAND; NI Dhomhnaill, Nuala, 1952-; IRISH poetry; THEATERS; MCGUINNESS, Frank; DRAMATURGES; THEATRICAL producers &; directors
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, 2020, Vol 43, p97
- ISSN
0703-1459
- Publication type
Article