الفهرس 
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Abstract
The dramatic analysis of the selected plays by Eugene O’Neill, Brian Friel and Tom Murphy, from a postcolonial literary perspective, proves that quest for the Irish identity is a persistent concern for those dramatists. Eugene O’Neill’s A Touch of the Poet and Long Day’s Journey into Night provide evidence that the playwright adheres to his Irish identity in spite of his being an Irish immigrant to the United States of America. O’Neill brilliantly represents the features of the Irish sufferings in the American society and the difficulties they face in their attempt to assimilate. Brian Friel’s Philadelphia, Here I Come! and Making History present the dilemma of the Irish both in their homeland and in exile. Due to his evident Irishness and to his outstanding perception of his country’s division, Friel accurately portrays the oscillation of the Irish when they have to choose between staying in Ireland and leaving it. Bailegangaire and Conversations on a Homecoming by Tom Murphy show the sufferings of the Irish, in their homeland, during the 1970s and the 1980s in their quest for Irish identity under the huge political and economical changes. Murphy tackles the quest for identity in a distinguished implicit approach; he depicts Ireland’s dilemma via the personal problems of his characters. The thesis proves that the quest for the Irish identity is a mutual issue for the three dramatists though their location plays a different role concerning each one’s approach.