TY  - BOOK
AU  - Birgit Ryschka
PY  - 2021
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 0721-3425
TI  - Constructing and Deconstructing National Identity
T2  - Dramatic Discourse in Tom Murphy’s "The Patriot Game" and Felix Mitterer’s "In der Löwengrube"
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1105439
N2  - The aim of this study was to expose the constructed nature of national identity in two dramatic texts: The Patriot Game (1991) by Irish playwright Tom Murphy and In der Löwengrube (1989) by his Austrian counterpart Felix Mitterer. Utilizing a multidisciplinary approach combining linguistics, literature, history and cultural studies, this thesis looked at similarities and dissimilarities in the construction and deconstruction of national identity in the two plays. Ruth Wodak et al.’s linguistic approach developed in the work on Critical Discourse Analysis describing the construction of national identity in non-literary texts provided a framework, which has been modified for the analysis of the two dramatic texts under consideration.
KW  - Easter Rising 1916 (Osteraufstand 1916), Murphy, Thomas, The patriot game, Nationalbewusstsein (Motiv), National Identity, Dramatic Discourse, Construction of National Identity
LA  - English
ER  -