Critical Study of Rowson’s Slaves in Algiers; or, A Struggle for Freedom.


Ensayo, 2012

4 Páginas, Calificación: 14/20


Resumen o Introducción

Slaves in Algiers; or, A Struggle for Freedom (1794) is a play written by Susanna Haswell Rowson. The setting takes place in “Barbary” – the Mediterranean coast of North Africa – and more precisely in Algiers. The play centers on the lives of several American ‘slaves’ who plot their escape in an unflappable look for freedom. The relevance of studying a piece of literature - and more precisely, a play - stems from the idea that people in the time, used to watch plays, more than they would read books because plays were regarded as being more ‘entertaining’. In addition to that, although plays are a fictitious form of literature, they were always related to real events; hence the majority of people consider them as being true or as at least as referring to some real events. Another point would be that literature in that time was -often- judged on the basis of the moral values it contained. In that regard, Slaves in Algiers; or, A Struggle for Freedom is a rich document to be scrutinized with as much seriousness as when dealing with other sources that are considered as more ‘factual’. Therefore the need to study such a piece emanates from its very crucial role in shaping social reality , via its representation of ‘Barbary’ and its reflections over the nature of freedom, slavery and race.

Detalles

Título
Critical Study of Rowson’s Slaves in Algiers; or, A Struggle for Freedom.
Universidad
University Hassan II. Casablanca
Calificación
14/20
Autor
Año
2012
Páginas
4
No. de catálogo
V191962
ISBN (Ebook)
9783656174172
ISBN (Libro)
9783656174097
Tamaño de fichero
518 KB
Idioma
Inglés
Palabras clave
slavery, rowson, white, afrian, barbary, morocco, algiers, corsairs, captivity, narratives, literature
Citar trabajo
Amine Zidouh (Autor), 2012, Critical Study of Rowson’s Slaves in Algiers; or, A Struggle for Freedom., Múnich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/191962

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