‘Gateshead’, the Tory playwright Samuel Johnson said, is ‘the dirty back lane leading to Newcastle’. What his derogatory dialectic misses significance of as a place in and itself. Although not written about much, at least geography, I believe that these streets are important places understand neighbourhoods communities Northeast England. Without lives Northern town only nominally northern. Stic...

As a contemporary Irish playwright who is well-known for his monologue plays, Conor McPherson (1971- ) illustrates the changing process of Irishness within scope clashing traditional and modern values in The Weir. In early twentieth century as result nationalist isolationist policy, identity was constructed rural, agricultural, Catholic, but it began to change with impact Celtic Tiger referring...


 This essay seeks to link Terry Eagleton’s work as a novelist and playwright with his over many years, in theory, philosophy, literary criticism. The several pieces discussed here shimmer raw energy, innovative technique, deep grasp of the tangled histories England Ireland. ability both critical creative modes is rare constantly shifting boundaries considered indicate desire carve out gen...

american playwright, eugene gladstone o’neill (1888-1953) is presenter of truth without comprising his beliefs. his works are dramatized by passion elements such as memories, dreams, and by awareness of forces. during mid-1920s he became interested in dramatizing complicated pattern of his family’s life. mourning becomes electra, which opened on oct. 26, 1931, and had fourteen acts, was o'...

about the brain as Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is about the weather, as Malevich reveals about the spiritual depths of the Russian soul, or as Darwin contains scripts for docu-soaps. In the end, what strikes us is that, in this book, Shakespeare’s message is read for its factual meaning, that the metaphors are decoded as containing early sketches of knowledge awaiting long overdue confirmation from ...

Note: This is a preprint. An abridged version of this paper will be presented/performed under the title “Identity dilemmas on Facebook” at the Symposium on the Dynamics of the Internet and Society “A Decade in Internet Time” to be held Wednesday 21 Saturday 24 September 2011 at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK. Uno, Nessuno, Centomila (“One, No One and One Hundred Thousan...

This paper attempts to cast light on a leading poet-playwright who signifies several Arabic cultures, proficiencies, and skills. The study aims at revealing what extent the play Omar is modern poetic play. historical drama that deals with social problems. presents vision of in age, but it also For that, task researcher try prove bears grounds, such as devices connotative symbols, be called dram...

This paper investigates Jordanian playwright Nader Omran’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. It examines dramatization the struggle Arab youths in a region ruled by corrupt leaders. In particular, focuses on how Omran transforms Ophelia into an assertive and dynamic character to reflect contemporaneous circumstances conditions World A Theatre Company Found Theatred Hamlet (1984). adaptation, ...

The paper investigates the application of Halliday’s theory of transitivity in the construction of personality. The essay aims to identify and explain how the main character’s personality is portrayed and represented through language used in Hoa Pham’s “Heroic Mother”. The findings hope to prove that linguistic choices in transitivity play an important role in building up the main character of ...

In 1947, Egyptian novelist, short story writer and playwright Mahmud Taymur (1894-1973) was awarded the first prize in short story writing from Cairo Arabic Language Academy. Two years later, Taymur was made a member of the prestigious scholarly institution whose main mission was to promote and defend the use of classical Arabic in modern Arabic literature. In both the statement made by the jur...