The theatre of Marina Carr: maintenance and subversion of the Irish canon

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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7917.2018v23n1p31

Abstract

In this article, I aim to introduce the contemporary Irish playwright Marina Carr (1964–) to the Brazilian public by means of an intertextual analysis of By the Bog of Cats... (1998)/ No Pântano dos Gatos (2017, my translation). Carr, who is internationally known and is currently the most influent female playwright in Ireland, is still practically unknown to Brazilian audiences. Here I will demonstrate the ways By the Bog of Cats… is inserted in the Irish canon. As part of the Irish canon, By the Bog of Cats… subverts some of the recurrent themes and tropes present in the Irish dramatic tradition through the carnivalesque and the grotesque (BAKHTIN 1998; BOURKE 2003). In addition to this analysis, I will investigate ways in which the Brazilian public may relate to the play, should the play be produced in Brazil. Although By the Bog of Cats… is deeply rooted in its originary Irish context, the play uses a “theatrical grammar” that goes beyond national borders.

Author Biography

Alinne Balduino Pires Fernandes, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

É professora do Depto de Língua e Literatura Estrangeiras da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina e membro permanente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Inglês da UFSC. Dentre os seus principais interesses de pesquisa e possíveis temas de orientação, estão: teatro contemporâneo escrito por mulheres; feminismo(s); tradução teatral; a tradução como um encontro intercultural; adaptação e recepção; hermenêutica; literatura e religião. É a atual vice-coordenadora do Núcleo de Estudos Irlandeses (NEI) e coordenadora do grupo de pesquisa Estudos Irlandeses da UFSC. Além disso, atua como dramaturgista, diretora teatral e tradutora.

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2018-04-11

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FERNANDES, Alinne Balduino Pires. The theatre of Marina Carr: maintenance and subversion of the Irish canon. Anuário de Literatura, [S. l.], v. 23, n. 1, p. 31–43, 2018. DOI: 10.5007/2175-7917.2018v23n1p31. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/literatura/article/view/2175-7917.2018v23n1p31. Acesso em: 16 may. 2024.

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Vol. 23 No. 1 (2018)

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