Myths in crisis? Marina Carr’s revision of feminine myths in contemporary Irish Theatre
The use of mythology in the theatre of the leading contemporary Irish playwright Marina Carr evokes the classical antiquity in her first plays, The Mai (1994) amongst them, through characters that pursue a mythical ending and resemble Sophoclean Electra, and turns into a modern classical era in play...
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Universidad de Jaén
2016-07-01
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| Series: | The Grove |
| Online Access: | http://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/grove/article/view/2520 |