“THEY ARE THROWING TANTRUMS IN THE COFFIN”: GOTHIC MOTIFS AND STRATEGIES IN THE PLAYS OF MARINA CARR
“THEY ARE THROWING TANTRUMS IN THE COFFIN”: GOTHIC MOTIFS AND STRATEGIES IN THE PLAYS OF MARINA CARR
Author(s): Mária KurdiSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: female subjectivity; gender; Gothic drama; Irish Studies
Summary/Abstract: The family in Irish playwright Marina Carr’s work is portrayed neither as a peaceful shelter nor a source of psychic reassurance, but rather as a site of anxiety, loss, horror and abjection. The present paper aims to investigate how Carr applies Gothic motifs and strategies in four of her plays to demythologise certain phenomena of the contemporary Irish society, usually hidden but frightening nonetheless.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 16
- Page Range: 31-43
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English