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| Titre : | Memory that owes nothing to fact : Friel's Implausible Missionary Priest in Dancing at Lughnasa (2018) |
| Auteurs : | Stephanie BOENINGER, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Irish University Review (Vol 48 n 2 Autumn/Winter 2018) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 236-249 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
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| Résumé : | Dancing at Lughnasa has been widely discussed as a memory play. Critics frequently analyze the way Michael's narration shapes the story he tells of five unmarried sisters living together in 1930's Donegal. Fewer critics, however, focus on Michael's representation of Father Jack, the missionary priest who returns after twenty-five years in Uganda. A surprisingly articulate anthropological observer who is more changed by the Ugandans than they by him, Father Jack defies the image of the missionary imperialist. Indeed, his portrayal conflicts with historical records. Father Jack's heterodox beliefs distress his family, but they find favor with postmodern audiences, eager to see Irish characters resist their part in the colonial enterprise. Friel's portrayal of Father Jack thus implicates the audience, not just Michael, in the play's selective memory. |
| Pays de publication : | Grande-Bretagne (Royaume Uni) |
| Fonds : | Médiathèque |
