МОДИФИКАЦИИ АРХЕТИПОВ МУДРОГО СТРАЦА/СТАРИЦЫ В ДРАМАТУРГИИ НАОМИ ВОЛЛАС

Abstract

The paper tackles the archetypes of the wise old man and the wise old woman in classical tragedies and contemporary plays. The following modifications of the archetype are detected in the dramas by Naomi Wallace: the elderly characters are either protagonists (One Flea Spare) or catalysts (Slaughter-City) of the action; the ageist stereotypes are subverted; the “life-review” concept is productively implemented in both plays. The author of the paper analyzes gerontological portrayals of the dramatis persona and their choice of the strategies of aging.