Author(s): Ioana Mohor-Ivan
Journal: EIRP Proceedings
ISSN 2067-9211
Volume: 2;
Issue: 1;
Start page: 631;
Date: 2007;
Original page
ABSTRACT
Starting from an outline of pragmatics of human interaction such as the model produced bythe Palo Alto school provides, the paper focuses on three of the best-known plays written by the contemporaryIrish playwright Brian Friel, namely Faith Healer, The Communication Cord and Dancing at Lughnasa, inorder to prove that communication is their common concern. Nevertheless, the plays surveyed are illustrative forFriel’s concern to enlarge his communicational strategies, so as to include ritual and dance alongside languageas powerful mechanisms of interpersonal communication.
Journal: EIRP Proceedings
ISSN 2067-9211
Volume: 2;
Issue: 1;
Start page: 631;
Date: 2007;
Original page
ABSTRACT
Starting from an outline of pragmatics of human interaction such as the model produced bythe Palo Alto school provides, the paper focuses on three of the best-known plays written by the contemporaryIrish playwright Brian Friel, namely Faith Healer, The Communication Cord and Dancing at Lughnasa, inorder to prove that communication is their common concern. Nevertheless, the plays surveyed are illustrative forFriel’s concern to enlarge his communicational strategies, so as to include ritual and dance alongside languageas powerful mechanisms of interpersonal communication.