THE SOLDIER AND THE SCIENTIST: A COMPARATIVE READING OF SHAKESPEARE’S CORIOLANUS AND IBSEN’S AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
THE SOLDIER AND THE SCIENTIST: A COMPARATIVE READING OF SHAKESPEARE’S CORIOLANUS AND IBSEN’S AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
Author(s): Adriana Răducanu Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Sociology, Comparative Study of Literature, Other Language Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: democracy; individual; multitude; satire; tragedy;
Summary/Abstract: In this comparative study, I shall discuss William Shakespeare’s “Coriolanus” and Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People”. The focus will be placed on the rift between the individual and the community, or between the ‘right’ of the one vs the ‘might’ of the many. Notwitstanding the different contexts, this is a conflict that in both plays generates a strong sense of social satire, followed by the unavoidable tragedy of the alienated individual.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 28/2022
- Issue No: 28
- Page Range: 29-38
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English