Criticism of Apartheid in Blood Knot in Comparison with Two Trains Running and Philadelphia, Here I Come!

KAČER, Tomáš. Criticism of Apartheid in Blood Knot in Comparison with Two Trains Running and Philadelphia, Here I Come! Brno Studies in English. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008, vol. 34, No 1, p. 79-88. ISSN 1211-1791.

Basic information

Original name

Criticism of Apartheid in Blood Knot in Comparison with Two Trains Running and Philadelphia, Here I Come!

Name in Czech

Kritika apartheidu v divadelní hře Blood Knot ve srovnání s Two Trains Running a Philadelphia, Here I Come!

Authors

KAČER, Tomáš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)

Edition

Brno Studies in English, Brno, Masarykova univerzita, 2008, 1211-1791

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

Art, architecture, cultural heritage

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/08:00035084

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

Apartheid; civil rights; drama; Brian Friel; Athol Fugard; Northern Ireland; postcolonialism; racism; South Africa

Tags

Apartheid, Athol Fugard, Brian Friel, civil rights, Drama, Northern Ireland, Postcolonialism, Racism, South Africa

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Abstract

V originále

The three plays' plots are from the same period and deal with marginalized groups and they are all critical to the regimes they "bear witness" of. Athol Fugard's Blood Knot and its portrayal of the apartheid, which is in the main focus of this paper, is analysed from the points of view of unfulfilled love, use of derogatory language and a desire for private space, that all contribute to the complex criticism of the racist regime of South African apartheid of the 1960s. The criticism, although implicit, becomes even more apparent and radical when presented in comparison with August Wilson's Two Trains Running and Brian Friel's Philadelphia, Here I Come!

In Czech

Článek zkoumá zobrazení života v apartheidu ve hře A. Fugarda Blood Knot ve srovnání s hrami Philadelphia, Here I Come! Briana Friela a Two Trains Running Augusta Wilsona.