Performing Character in Modern Irish Drama Between Art and Society
This book is about the history of character in modern Irish drama. It traces the changing fortunes of the human self in a variety of major Irish plays across the twentieth century and the beginning of the new millennium. Through the analysis of dramatic p
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Michał Lachman
Performing Character in Modern Irish Drama
Michał Lachman
Performing Character in Modern Irish Drama Between Art and Society
Michał Lachman University of Łódź Łódź, Poland
ISBN 978-3-319-76534-1 ISBN 978-3-319-76535-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76535-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018939145 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: Hill Street Studios / Getty Images Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
The overall aim of the book is to present the concepts of theatricalising Irish dramatic character in the context of European drama, literature and philosophy. There are three distinct, yet connected, epochs which the book concentrates on in particular: modernism, late (post-war) modernism and the most recent drama (postmodernism and after). There is a lot of continuity between these stages of development of Irish, and European, literature in that they show the society, art, language, or politics. Also, there are a number of mimetic models in which these themes are represented. Virtually every period in question offers plays of high realism and of deep abstraction, plays with logical, linear plot and those which maintain a metaphorical, cyclical structure. It is believed that by looking at the evolution of dramatic character, the nature and meaning of these differences can be captured and explained in reference to the major preoccupations of their epochs, and literature or philosophy in general. What is more, presenting the human self in the centre of literary and dramatic changes across the twentieth centur
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