‘The Troubles' and the peace process in Northern Irelanda in Seamus Heaney’s "The cure at Troy"

Q1 Arts and Humanities
Juan José Cogolludo Díaz
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Based on Philoctetes, the tragic play by Sophocles, the poet Seamus Heaney creates his own version in The Cure at Troy to present the political and social problems in Northern Ireland during the period that became known euphemistically as ‘the Troubles’. This paper aims to highlight the significance of Heaney’s play in the final years of the conflict. Heaney uses the classical Greek play to bring to light the plight and suffering of the Northern Irish people as a consequence of the atavistic and sectarian violence between the unionist and nationalist communities. Nevertheless, Heaney also provides possible answers that allow readers to harbour a certain degree of hope towards peace and the future in Northern Ireland.
谢默斯·希尼《特洛伊的解药》中的“麻烦”与北爱尔兰的和平进程
诗人谢默斯·希尼根据索福克勒斯的悲剧《菲洛克提斯》创作了自己的版本《特洛伊的治愈》,以呈现北爱尔兰在被委婉地称为“麻烦”时期的政治和社会问题。本文旨在强调希尼的戏剧在冲突的最后几年的意义。希尼用古典希腊戏剧揭示了北爱尔兰人民的困境和苦难,这是统一派和民族主义社区之间返祖和宗派暴力的结果。尽管如此,希尼也提供了可能的答案,让读者对北爱尔兰的和平与未来抱有一定程度的希望。
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Journal of English Studies
Journal of English Studies Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
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