"A Clown's Nightmare of a Masquerade Ball": John Kneubuhl's The Moon and I

Pacific Coast Philology Pub Date : 2021-10-01 DOI:10.5325/pacicoasphil.56.2.0140

S. Orr

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Abstract:This Presidential Address from the 2019 PAMLA Conference treats The Moon and I (1942), a newly recognized play by Samoan-American dramatist John Kneubuhl (1920–1992). With recourse to contexts developed through Kneubuhl's other stage and screen dramas, Orr will discuss the playwright's experiments with the fale aitu (a dramatic Samoan clowning genre) as well as Modernist and postcolonial literary traditions. By turns tragic and comic, Naturalist and Symbolist, Polynesian and Western, The Moon and I emerges as an important work within Kneubuhl's groundbreaking Oceanic Modernism ouevre.

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《化装舞会上小丑的噩梦》:约翰·克纽布尔的《月亮与我》

摘要:本文是2019年PAMLA会议的主席演讲，讨论的是萨摩亚裔美国剧作家约翰·克纽布尔(1920-1992)新近获得认可的戏剧《月亮和我》(1942)。奥尔将借助克纽布尔的其他舞台剧和银幕戏剧的背景，讨论这位剧作家对假爱图(一种戏剧性的萨摩亚小丑类型)以及现代主义和后殖民文学传统的实验。悲剧与喜剧、自然主义与象征主义、波利尼西亚与西方，《月亮与我》成为克纽布尔开创性的海洋现代主义系列的重要作品。

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期刊介绍： Pacific Coast Philology publishes peer-reviewed essays of interest to scholars in the classical and modern languages, literatures, and cultures. The journal publishes two annual issues (one regular and one special issue), which normally contain articles and book reviews, as well as the presidential address, forum, and plenary speech from the preceding year''s conference. Pacific Coast Philology is the official journal of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, a regional branch of the Modern Language Association. PAMLA is dedicated to the advancement and diffusion of knowledge of ancient and modern languages and literatures. Anyone interested in languages and literary studies may become a member. Please visit their website for more information.