"WHOEVER ISN'T FOR US IS AGAINST US IN THIS CASE": THE ROLE OF CONTEXTUALIZATION IN SEAMUS HEANEY'S THE BURIAL AT THEBES

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https://doi.org/10.5380/rvx.v15i7.74753

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Irish Studies, Irish Theater, Iraq War.

Abstract

The aim of this article is to discuss the issue of contextualization in Seamus Heaney’s translation of Sophocles’ Antigone, entitled The Burial at Thebes, in relation to the invasion of Iraq by the United States government in 2003. Such a subject served as an inspiration for the translator in the composition of his work. For the purpose of this study, specific passages in the play were selected in order to examine the lines of some of the characters in comparison to public speeches of former American President George W. Bush, as well as Bush’s decisions during his government. The treatment of prisoners in war situations during Bush’s presidency is also highlighted in the article. Heaney’s The Burial at Thebes brings a critical viewpoint concerning contemporary matters, as the similarities regarding the subject of power abuse in both Creon’s and Bush’s governments can be attentively observed.

Author Biography

Janaina Mirian Rosa

Possui graduação em Letras Português e Inglês - Secretariado Executivo Bilíngue pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2006). Atua na área de ensino de língua inglesa desde 2004, ministrando aulas em institutos de idiomas e particulares. Exerceu o cargo de coordenadora pedagógica em 2012 em um instituto de idiomas da Grande Florianópolis. Participou de cursos de língua inglesa na Language Studies, Canadá, Toronto (2003). Possui mestrado em Letras pela Pós-Graduação em Inglês: Estudos Linguísticos e Literários na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2015) com pesquisa em Shakespeare em performance. Em 2019 completou doutorado em Letras pela Pós-Graduação em Inglês: Estudos Linguísticos e Literários na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina também com foco na área de estudos de Shakespeare em performance. Durante o período de doutorado em 2017, foi pesquisadora visitante na University of Birmingham/Shakespeare Institute.

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2020-12-31

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Rosa, J. M. (2020). "WHOEVER ISN’T FOR US IS AGAINST US IN THIS CASE": THE ROLE OF CONTEXTUALIZATION IN SEAMUS HEANEY’S THE BURIAL AT THEBES. Revista X, 15(7), 508–521. https://doi.org/10.5380/rvx.v15i7.74753

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Vol. 15 No. 7 (2020): Edição de Fluxo Contínuo - Ago/Dez

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