Journal of Jishou University(Social Sciences) ›› 2007, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (2): 128-132.

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Spiritual Variation and Psychological Salvation ——The Modern Presentation of Orestes Topic in O’Neil's Trilogy Mourning

  

  1. (1.Post-doctorial Station of Art,Communication University of China,Beijing 100024;2.Zhejiang College of Administration,Sociological and Cultural Teaching and Research Department,Hangzhou,Zhejiang 310012,China)
  • Online:2007-03-15 Published:2012-06-08

Abstract: As a controversial literature topic of ancient Greece to show the special concern on human fate and existence,Orestes topic has always possessed everlasting enlightenment.Drama writers in different periods use it to show their reflections on human life as well as their resistance against reality.O’Neil,the father of American drama,has put some modern psychological elements in this old topic in his famous trilogy Mourning to further explore the most secret part of human soul.His trilogy reflects the existence plight of human spirit and realizes a psychological salvation by reconstructing free will and a willing choice of suffering.

Key words: Orestes topic, trilogy Mourning, O&rsquo, Neil

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