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Non-Linear Narration as a Surrealist Method in the Plays of Caryl Churchill

This final paper explores surrealist themes found in the plays of Caryl Churchill. Firstly, a short introduction on the Surrealist movement and life and work of English playwright Caryl Churchill is given. Secondly, the paper focuses on psychoanalysts Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung and their interpretation of dreams. In continuation, literary methods of interior monologue, stream of consciousness, analepsis, prolepsis, metalepsis, and the philosophic concepts of presentism and eternalism, along with Henri Bergson’s concept of intuition and its relation to the environmental issues of today are explained. In conclusion, three of Caryl Churchill’s plays, Top Girls, Fen and The Skriker are analysed in the context of the aforementioned concepts

Caryl Churchill, Surrealism, non-linear narration, presentism, eternalism, Bergson

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