From the Playboy to the Paycock : A Study of Dialectal Grammar in J.M.Synge s "The Playboy of the Western World" and Sean O'Casey s "Juno and the Paycock"

ISBN-13: 9783659222832 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 124 str.

Jorge Andres Prieto Prat

Opis

This grammar study tries to bridge the double fold separation - time and distance - lying between two of the most often quoted examples of drama reflecting the English spoken in Ireland. There is a seventeen-year lapse between their first performances, during which Ireland knew the most important events of its birth as a nation: the Easter Rising of 1916, the Irish Free State of 1921 and the Civil War of 1922-23. The Russian Revolution and the First World War also took place then. The other gap lies between their locations: Synge s The Playboy of the Western World is set in the remote west coast of Ireland, where Celtic echoes still linger today, whereas Juno and the Paycock develops in the slums of Dublin, the main inlet of English influence in Ireland and a recipient of rural immigrants. O Casey was born and raised in that poor urban atmosphere. It is a fascinating task to explore how much dialects have changed, what is still heard and what has been lost. The frame for this comparative study, eighty years later, is completed by the view of leading authorities on language in Ireland.

O autorze

Jorge Prieto has been teaching English to young students for over 20 years, and is also an Associate Lecturer at Salamanca University since 1997, where he has taught English Phonetics, his main academic interest. His curiosity for Ireland began during his stay in the US. A summary of this work was read at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin in 2005.