| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 比較文學所 === 97 === This thesis analyzes representations of Irish Mythological heroine Deirdre in three texts: W.B. Yeats’ Deirdre (1907), J.M. Synge’s Deirdre of the Sorrows (1910) and Lady Gregory’s Fate of the Sons of Usnach (1902). Post-colonialism and feminism are applied. Post-colonialism is applied to discuss the relationship between England and Ireland, and their different views to see Ireland respectively in the time of England’s colonization over Ireland. Feminism is applied to discuss woman’s tradition roles and plight, and awakening when woman faces the male authority. The thesis is divided into three chapters. The first chapter discusses Deirdre as the trope of Ireland under England’s and Ireland’s representations. Deirdre is connected with the figure, Hibernia, who is forged as Ireland by England; Deirdre also represents Ireland’s incarnation and Irish glorious and old traditions through Irish view. The second chapter focuses on Deirdre’s plight reflecting woman’s suppression by male authority. Desire plays the traditional woman whose education and fate controlled by man. The last chapter analyzes Deidre’s breaking away from male authority and how it signifies woman’s awakening. Deidre also represents a surprising figure to break through the woman’s traditional impression. The Irish heroine Deirdre thus embodies Ireland’s plight and resistance when facing England’s colonization; moreover, Deirdre herself also embodies the Irish woman’s fate and awakening under the male authority.
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