scholarly journals Ethical Traditions in British Drama: A Case Study of Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (37) ◽  
pp. 534-548
Author(s):  
Maosheng Liu
Keyword(s):  
Oscar Wilde ◽  
George Bernard Shaw ◽  
British Drama ◽  
Bernard Shaw

Individuality, Narcissism and the Bipolar Self

1990 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 537-542
Author(s):  
Ken Bragan
Keyword(s):  
Oscar Wilde ◽  
Self Psychology ◽  
Economic Aspect ◽  
The Self ◽  
George Bernard Shaw ◽  
Defensive Strategies ◽  
Bernard Shaw ◽  
The Way

Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw are introduced as great exponents of the cult of individuality and as providing examples of the two poles of the self as defined by Kohut. Wilde's need for mirroring, and his use of defensive strategies to support the self, is contrasted with Shaw's compensatory use of idealisation to create a strong and stable self. While acknowledging the way self psychology can explain some aspects of the personalities of these great men, it is also suggested that it does not explain all, and in particular does not explain the economic aspect. Questions about the latter are raised in conclusion.

scholarly journals PYGMALION: A STUDY OF SOCIO-SEMANTICS

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 202
Author(s):  
Mirjam Anugerahwati
Keyword(s):  
Communicative Competence ◽  
George Bernard Shaw ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Bernard Shaw ◽  
The Way

This article discusses the novel Pygmalionby George Bernard Shaw (1957) which depicts Eliza, a flower girl from East London, who became the subject of an “experiment” by a Professor of Phonetics who vowed to change the way she spoke. The story is an excellent example of a very real and contextual portrait of how language, particularly socio-semantics, play a role in the achievement of communicative competence.

scholarly journals Análise descritiva da tradução de Millôr Fernandes para o português da peça “Pygmalion”, de George Bernard Shaw

2008 ◽  
pp. 67-83
Author(s):  
Priscila Fernanda Furlanetto
Keyword(s):  
George Bernard Shaw ◽  
Bernard Shaw

As obras de um dos mais conhecidos humoristas brasileiros, Millôr Fernandes, já foram bastante exploradas pelos pesquisadores de uma forma geral. Mesmo assim, há ainda uma vertente desse autor a ser estudada: o Millôr Tradutor.

Millennial Dark Ladies

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-92
Author(s):  
Katherine Scheil
Keyword(s):  
Women Writers ◽  
George Bernard Shaw ◽  
Central Figure ◽  
Anthony Burgess ◽  
Victorian Period ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Bernard Shaw

The Dark Lady evoked in Shakespeare’s Sonnets has been the subject of numerous speculations since the Victorian period. Several male writers and critics – George Bernard Shaw, Frank Harris, A. L. Rowse and Anthony Burgess, for example – have undertaken extended imaginative explorations of this alternative woman. More recently, the Dark Lady has become a central figure in millennial novels by women writers, designed primarily for a female reading audience. This article considers what’s at stake by placing this imaginary woman at the heart of Shakespeare’s artistic inspiration, and what this tells us about the meaning(s) of ‘Shakespeare’ for contemporary women writers and readers.

A. C. Swinburne in the Round: Drama, Personae and Lyric Subjectivity

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Thain
Keyword(s):  
Oscar Wilde ◽  
Poetic Form ◽  
Dramatic Monologue ◽  
First Case ◽  
Poetic Community

The first case study of this part of the book teases out of Swinburne’s metrical masochism a perversely chaste account of lyric community, in which poetic form works to imagine a chorus of voices. Starting with poem ‘Anactoria’, one of the best known poems of Poems and Ballads (1866), the chapter analyses the questions of genre and poetic community posed in Swinburne’s early work. Reading on through his oeuvre this impulse might find a natural outlet within Swinburne’s politically-engaged work of the 1870s, but what about the more Parnassian ‘A Century of Roundels’ (1883)? Close reference to this volume, enables the chapter to demonstrate models of lyric collectivity in poems that are far from any ’dramatic monologue’ model—and ultimately provides the tools to offer a fresh engagement with ‘Anactoria’. Comparison with the poems of Oscar Wilde helps focus the issues of poetic subjectivity and connect with Wilde’s infamous d commentary on Swinburne’s poetic subjectivity.

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