Translations: a Movement Towards Reconciliation

This article proposes a postcolonial reading of Brian Friel’s Translations, understanding it as piece of work that presents a way out for Ireland to reconcile with England, its colonizer. It has taken the major theoreticians in postcolonial studies as premise to read the play as a place of hybridity...

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Main Author: Michelle Andressa Alvarenga de Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Estudos Irlandeses 2014-11-01
Series:ABEI Journal
Online Access:http://revistas.fflch.usp.br/abei/article/view/3562
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spelling doaj-620d13414f554e60a439af53577b1bfe2020-11-25T03:38:31ZengAssociação Brasileira de Estudos IrlandesesABEI Journal1518-05812595-81272014-11-0116010912010.37389/abei.v16i0.35622731Translations: a Movement Towards ReconciliationMichelle Andressa Alvarenga de SouzaThis article proposes a postcolonial reading of Brian Friel’s Translations, understanding it as piece of work that presents a way out for Ireland to reconcile with England, its colonizer. It has taken the major theoreticians in postcolonial studies as premise to read the play as a place of hybridity. Keywords: Brian Friel; Translations; hybridity.http://revistas.fflch.usp.br/abei/article/view/3562
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description This article proposes a postcolonial reading of Brian Friel’s Translations, understanding it as piece of work that presents a way out for Ireland to reconcile with England, its colonizer. It has taken the major theoreticians in postcolonial studies as premise to read the play as a place of hybridity. Keywords: Brian Friel; Translations; hybridity.
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