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| 論文名稱 | MELANCHOLIA AND REMAINS OF LOSS IN AUGUST WILSON'S THE PIANO LESSON |
| 發表日期 | 2023-12-29 |
| 論文收錄分類 | 其他 |
| 所有作者 | Mahdi Sepehrmanesh |
| 作者順序 | 第一作者 |
| 通訊作者 | 否 |
| 刊物名稱 | KARE- International Journal of Comparative Literature |
| 發表卷數 | 2 |
| 是否具有審稿制度 | 是 |
| 發表期數 | 16 |
| 期刊或學報出版地國別/地區 | NATTUR-土耳其共和國 |
| 發表年份 | 2023 |
| 發表月份 | 12 |
| 發表形式 | 紙本及電子期刊 |
| 所屬計劃案 | none |
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[英文摘要] :
This paper is an attempt to investigate the way the past determines the melancholic identity of
the black people involved in August Wilson's The Piano Lesson and the way the piano’s presence, though
traumatic, stands as remains of the loss. The remains act like a monument for black people through which
they can read and re-read their history. In The Piano Lesson the remnants or remains of loss are depicted,
serving as poignant symbols of past traumas and unresolved grief. These remnants not only evoke the
weight of history but also provide insights into the characters' emotional struggles and their attempts to
reconcile with their losses. In order to define the past and its influence in the present referring to some
notions like trauma, melancholia, and loss is unavoidable. However, the definitions provided here deviate
from the classical explanations given to these perspectives. August Wilson's The Piano Lesson represents the
accumulation of the losses and traumas experienced by the black race through whose remains the present
generation of black people attaches themselves to the past, which gives them a melancholic privilege to
produce new reading of traumas to stand against the white owners. Moreover, the piano in the play acts as
a traumatic monument in which the history of the past has been carved, and through which the fight against
slavery starts which could lead to freedom and independence for the black race against slavery.
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