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العنوان
The Revolutionary Spirit in the Drama of Caryl Churchill :
المؤلف
El-Gendy, Samah Mahmoud Khalil.
هيئة الاعداد
باحث / Samah Mahmoud Khalil El-Gendy
مشرف / Ahmad A. ElSheemi
مناقش / Mohamed Anani
مناقش / Maged Rushdy
مشرف / Gamal Abdel Nasser
الموضوع
Churchill, Caryl - Criticism and interpretation. Drama - Study and teaching.
تاريخ النشر
2017.
عدد الصفحات
p 179. ;
اللغة
الإنجليزية
الدرجة
الدكتوراه
التخصص
الأدب والنظرية الأدبية
الناشر
تاريخ الإجازة
18/3/2017
مكان الإجازة
جامعة بني سويف - كلية الآداب - اللغة الإنجليزية
الفهرس
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Abstract

Caryl Churchill wrote a number of plays from which only three reflect the spirit of revolution. The plays are: The Hospital at the Time of the Revolution (1972), Light Shining in Buckinghamshire (1976) and Mad Forest (1990). The three dramas portray the spirit of revolution in three different countries. They take place in Algeria, England and Romania respectively. Through writing these plays, the playwright sheds light on issues that can be best analyzed through post-colonialism.
This study attempts an analysis of how Churchill portrays the revolution in some selected full-length plays. It will examine the similarities and differences between the societies in their way of tackling the rough realities from which they suffer. Moreover, the study is intended to analyze each play as a separate phase. In fact, the thesis will adopt the postcolonial perspective in examining Churchill’s three major works: The Hospital at the Time of the Revolution (1972), Light Shining in Buckinghamshire (1976), and Mad Forest(1990). The selected works of Churchill examine the political and social oppression from which peoples have suffered for a long time.
The research is intended to follow an analytical method derived from post-colonialism into the following order: a preface to explain the objective, state the problem, and introduce the research method. The introduction will review Post-Colonialism as a theory and how it can recently be applied to many literary works. In addition, it will elaborate on the key concepts and it will provide the theoretical framework through which the plays will be analyzed. The first chapter will analyze the key concepts of Fanonism and the Subaltern in The Hospital at the Time of the Revolution (1972). The second chapter will examine the key concepts of Religion, Hegemony and Imperialism in Light Shining in Buckinghamshire (1976). The third chapter will explore the key concept of Dictatorship in Mad Forest (1990). All these key concepts will be examined with regard to the sense of revolution. The conclusion will be a summing up of the findings of the research.