<b>Violence and hope in Ariel, by Marina Carr</b><br>

Zoraide Rodrigues Carrasco de Mesquita

doi:10.5007/2175-8026.2010n58p289

Authors

Zoraide Rodrigues Carrasco de Mesquita Associação Brasileira de Estudos Irlandeses

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2010n58p289

Abstract

This article deals with two forms of intertextuality: rewriting and allusion. On the one hand, by confronting Marina Carr's Ariel (2002) and the three Greek tragedies employed as the starting point for her play, we examine how our contemporary world is depicted by the Irish playwright through the shifts introduced in the texts used as sources. On the other hand, allusion, especially the one present on the title, is also analysed, since we understand that it offers new dimensions for the interpretation of the play.

Author Biography

Zoraide Rodrigues Carrasco de Mesquita, Associação Brasileira de Estudos Irlandeses

Zoraide Rodrigues Carrasco de Mesquita has a PhD in Irish Studies from the University of São Paulo. She taught North-American Literature and Literature for Children and Youth at Ibirapuera University in São Paulo for fifteen years. She lectured in the lato sensu Post Graduate Program in Literatures in English at the University of São Paulo. She is Director of the Brazilian Association of Irish Studies (ABEI).