Connecting History and Drama in Oceania: The emergence of a New Caledonian drama

Authors

  • Sonia Lacabanne Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie

Keywords:

New Caledonia, National Identity, Drama, travelling theory,

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to give information about the staging of three plays: Kanake, The Arrest of the Japanese Man and The Gods are one-eyed. Their authors who were born and bred in New Caledonia have always shown a particular interest in their cultural heritage and the relations among the New-Caledonian communities. Their plays are also political events because they deal with subjects which had been totally obliterated so far. They provide access to a new social awareness in New-caledonia.

Author Biography

Sonia Lacabanne, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie

Sonia Lacabanne, Professor Emeritus of UNC (New Caledonia), is the editor & translator of a bilingual collection of short stories Youth in Literature, Short Stories of the Pacific (2016) and the author of Histoire littéraire d'Océaniens Anglophones (2012). For her other publications, see at:

http://clacabanne.free.fr/livres.html#Livres%20de%20Sonia%20LACABANNE

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Published

2018-12-08

Issue

Vol. 32 (2017): Remembering Phil Garland and exploring New Caledonia

Section

International and Comparative Studies

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