Night, Dream, Nightmare. An Oneiric Reading of Chekhov's Seagull.
The present study proposes a reinterpretation of Chekhov's play from the perspective of the relationship the characters have with the night, with sleep, with dreams and nightmares. A very complex oneiric web is created by Chekhov by means of several factors: certain disturbances of temporality, slow...
| Publicado en: | International Journal on Humanistic Ideology Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 113 - 125 |
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International Journal on Humanistic Ideology
2023
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| Sumario: | The present study proposes a reinterpretation of Chekhov's play from the perspective of the relationship the characters have with the night, with sleep, with dreams and nightmares. A very complex oneiric web is created by Chekhov by means of several factors: certain disturbances of temporality, slowness of the movement of the characters, boredom as a background state, drowsiness, insomnia, forgetfulness, identity disorders and so on. |
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