While the relation between classical mythology and postcolonialism may appear as an inconsistency, many postcolonial writers identify postcolonial issues in the literary reception of the classics, and look back to classical mythology and their own precolonial myths to gain a better understanding of their present. In the intersection of myth criticism and postcolonialism, this article discusses Guy Butler’s Demea, a postcolonial drama written in the 1960s but, due to political reasons, not published or performed until 1990. Butler’s play blends the classical myth of Medea with South African precolonial mythology, to raise awareness of the apartheid political situation, along with gender and racial issues. Pese a que la relación entre la mit...
This dissertation contends that The Tempest by William Shakespeare plays a seminal role in the devel...
Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2003.Guy Butler (1918-2001) was one of South Africa's mo...
The ancient myth of Electra seems to be of particular interest to South African writers and pl...
In the nineteen-fifties, South African scholar and poet Guy Butler wrote Demea, an adaptation of Eur...
Since the time of the ancient Greeks themselves, Greek myth and dramas based on Greek myth have cont...
Using the central figures of Um Nyobe and Patrice Lumumba, this paper aims to show that postcolonial...
Post-colonial literature is concerned with the matters of decolonization, cultural, economic and pol...
This study will attempt to show how Third World playwrights further inform postcolonial theory throu...
In 1957, Barthes critiqued the omnipresence of imperialist myths. Is his study of the collusion betw...
Analisa-se o conto “Not for publication” (1965), da escritora sulafricanaNadine Gordimer...
A literatura pós-colonial é muitas vezes pensada como uma forma de tradução cultural, como um lugar ...
Adaptation of Classical Greek plays has been with the theatre throughout its development in the west...
Medea is ubiquitous on the stages of the modern world. From Greece and continental Europe, the...
The most engaging issue in Africa’s postcolonial discourse is the search for a well defined identity...
Tour à tour gloires nationales, héros, pères fondateurs ou au contraire tyrans sanguinaires et so...
This dissertation contends that The Tempest by William Shakespeare plays a seminal role in the devel...
Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2003.Guy Butler (1918-2001) was one of South Africa's mo...
The ancient myth of Electra seems to be of particular interest to South African writers and pl...
In the nineteen-fifties, South African scholar and poet Guy Butler wrote Demea, an adaptation of Eur...
Since the time of the ancient Greeks themselves, Greek myth and dramas based on Greek myth have cont...
Using the central figures of Um Nyobe and Patrice Lumumba, this paper aims to show that postcolonial...
Post-colonial literature is concerned with the matters of decolonization, cultural, economic and pol...
This study will attempt to show how Third World playwrights further inform postcolonial theory throu...
In 1957, Barthes critiqued the omnipresence of imperialist myths. Is his study of the collusion betw...
Analisa-se o conto “Not for publication” (1965), da escritora sulafricanaNadine Gordimer...
A literatura pós-colonial é muitas vezes pensada como uma forma de tradução cultural, como um lugar ...
Adaptation of Classical Greek plays has been with the theatre throughout its development in the west...
Medea is ubiquitous on the stages of the modern world. From Greece and continental Europe, the...
The most engaging issue in Africa’s postcolonial discourse is the search for a well defined identity...
Tour à tour gloires nationales, héros, pères fondateurs ou au contraire tyrans sanguinaires et so...
This dissertation contends that The Tempest by William Shakespeare plays a seminal role in the devel...
Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2003.Guy Butler (1918-2001) was one of South Africa's mo...
The ancient myth of Electra seems to be of particular interest to South African writers and pl...