Studies on Sean O'Casey
Extrait
A large number of critics who have tried to penetrate the complexity of Sean O'Casey's theatrical works have been fighting against a matter which seems to reject every easy outline and label. They seem to be shaped by a deep will to experiment which leads the author to embrace theatrical forms and techniques very different from each other. This is why almost all of his plays appear full of contradictory elements and tendencies, traumatic breaks and bold innovations.
After his "explosion"...
Éditeur : Presses universitaires de Caen
Lieu d’édition : Caen
Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 13 février 2013
ISBN numérique : 978-2-84133-447-6
DOI : 10.4000/books.puc.1248
Collection : Symposia
Année d’édition : 1988
ISBN (Édition imprimée) : 978-2-905461-27-8
Nombre de pages : 106
Martin I. Croghan
The Language of Sean O'Casey: A Text Analysis of The Shadow of a GunmanÉmile-Jean Dumay
Juno and the Pavcock: Situation in Sean O'Casey's TheatreMarie Arndt
"... your humanity is Just as narrow as the humanity of the others"Deception in Juno and the Pavcock
Carmela Moya
Art and Ethics in Juno and the PavcockChrista Velten
Sean O'Casey on the Absurdity of War: The Sliver TassieOn the Background of O'Casey's Life and Philosophy
A large number of critics who have tried to penetrate the complexity of Sean O'Casey's theatrical works have been fighting against a matter which seems to reject every easy outline and label. They seem to be shaped by a deep will to experiment which leads the author to embrace theatrical forms and techniques very different from each other. This is why almost all of his plays appear full of contradictory elements and tendencies, traumatic breaks and bold innovations.
After his "explosion" at the Abbey Theatre of Dublin with the vigorous realism of his trilogy, O'Casey abandons this reassuring haven – it was probably too reassuring for his restlessness – and begins his collection of "experimental" plays, starting with The Silver Tassie (1929) and going on with Within the Gates (1910), The Star Turns Red, 1940, Red Roses For Me (1912)...
Jacqueline Genet (dir.)
Wynne Hellegouarc’h (dir.)
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Les voyages de Gulliver
Mondes lointains ou mondes proches
François Boulaire et Daniel Carey (dir.)
2002
Le Tigre celtique en question
L'Irlande contemporaine : économie, État, société
Catherine Maignant (dir.)
2007
Le processus de création chez les écrivains irlandais contemporains
Jacqueline Genet et Elizabeth Hellegouarc’h (dir.)
1994
