A Critical Study Of The Contribution Of Abbey Theatre To The Promotion Of Irish Literature: With Reference To The Selected Works Of William Butler Yeats, John Millington Synge And George Bernard Shaw
| Autor | Nozen SeyedehZahra - Amani Bahman - Parva Porbareh |
| Cargo | Amin Police Science University, Iran - University of Malayer, Iran - University of Malayer, Iran |
| Páginas | 1688-1701 |
QUID 2017, pp. 1688-1701, Special Issue N°1- ISSN: 1692-343X, Medellín-Colombia
A CRITICAL STUDY OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF ABBEY THEATRE TO THE PRO MOTION OF
IRISH LITERATURE: WITH REFERENCE TO THE SELECTED WORKS OF WIL LIAM BUTLER
YEATS, JOHN MILLINGTON SYNGE AND GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
(Recibido 05-06-2017. Aprobado el 07-09-2017)
Nozen SeyedehZahra
Amin Police Science
University, Iran
nozenzahta@gmail.com
Amani Bahman
University of Malayer, Iran
Parva Porbareh
University of Malayer, Iran
Abstract.Ireland faced with a general lack of interest in Irish literature and a significant decline in the literary
works produced for Ireland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth cent ury. The poor economic condition ,
sectarian conflicts between the Catholics and Protestants and the heated political disputes between the then Ireland
with Britain didn’t leave much room for the blossoming of literature embedded with romanticism and softer
feelings. The popular literature in Ireland was heavily influenced by English culture, Modernism and materialistic
elements. In the foreign theatres and on their stages, Irishmen at best became comical characters in perpetual
drunken state and at worst became as indolent, lustful or dangerous figures. A circle of Celtic literary figures with
W.B. Yeats leadership came together in order to remove the negative d epiction of the Irish people in English
literature and revive Irish literature and language through Romanticism and revival of ancient Irish legends with
its heroes and heroines. They hoped to establish a national theatre that proved Ireland to be a civilized nation with
proper culture which led to the establishment of The Abbey Theatre in Dublin. Among these literary figures W.B.
Yeats, J.M. Synge and G. B. Shaw are the focus of this study d ue to the importance of their role in the life of the
Theatre. This study also intend s to evaluate the role of The Abbey Theatre in the promotion of literature through
the selected works of the aforementioned dramatists and the impact of their literary works on the then Irish society.
It seems due to the d isagreement among the members of The Abbey, its partial dissolution, the poor economic
condition and the outbreak of the World War II the Theatre was only p artially successful in the fulfilment of its
initial goals.
Key words: W.B. Yeats, J.M. Synge, G.B. Shaw, The Abbey Theatre, Irish litera ture, Ireland.
Citar estilo APA: SeyedehZahra, N, Bahman, A. & Porbareh, P (2017). A critical study of the contribution of abbey theatre to the promotion
of irish literature: with reference to the selected works of william butler yeats, john millington synge and george bernard shaw. Revista QUID
(Special Issue), 1688-1701.
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