The Irish literary revival at the beginning of the last century established the concept of house as a symbol of nation in dramatic writing. Strangers to the house thus took on the mantle of imperialist forces whose colonial project, practices and values had to be resisted and expelled. The allegorical situations of houses and strangers in theatre foreshadowed revolution and eventual independence for the country decades later. Contemporary Irish playwrights continue to use the house stranger, familiar foreign dichotomies as templates for their exploration of the current state of the nation , but they are also beginning to explore the idea that strangeness might be a condition that should be embraced to ensure the future health of that nation.
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Article provided by Cambridge University Press in its journal European Review.
Volume (Year): 9 (2001) Issue (Month): 03 (July) Pages: 293-303 Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML
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