• Post-colonial (?) Use of English (a tragic perspective)

Main Reading:

• Brian Friel - Philadelphia! Here I Come

Secondary Reading:

• "Introduction" by Seamus Deane, in Brian Friel: Plays
• "Brian Friel and the Irish Art of Lying" in Brian Friel: A Casebook (3-12)
• "Before and After", "Not Just a Question of a Form" (excerpts). In Brian Friel: The Growth of an Irish Dramatist (77-81, 119-127)