The Understanding of Madness in William Shakespeare’s King Lear (1605) And Eugene O’Neill’s The Emperor Jones (1920)
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2018
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Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou
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The aim of this present work is to examine the issue of madness in William
Shakespeare’s King Lear and Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones., we have borrowed some
theoretical concepts from Michel Foucault’s study of madness in his book Madness and
Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason. Among these concepts are mania,
melancholia, hysteria, and hypochondria. In addition to language, which has a great concern
with madness .Foucault has presented a chronological view of madness. This dissertation has
been divided into three major sections ‘General Introduction’, ‘Discussion’, and ‘General
Conclusion’. Its ‘Discussion’ section three chapters; the first chapter is entitled Mania and
Melancholia in William Shakespeare’s King Lear and Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones. It
has analyzed the two main characters. The second chapter is ‘hysteria and hypochondria in
William Shakespeare’s King Lear and Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones to explain their
mental illness. As to third chapter whose title is the language of the madman in William
Shakespeare’s King Lear and Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones, in which we have
analyzed the language of the characters. As a conclusion, it might be noticed that the two
writers explore the theme of madness
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Littérature et approches interdisciplinaires.