The thesis analyses the role of monologue in the dramatic structure of the play The Weir by Conor McPherson. It begins with a literature-based definition of the term monologue and then focuses on its role in contemporary drama, especially in postdramatic theatre. It also explores the reasons for the mass use of the monologue in contemporary Irish drama. It then focuses on McPherson’s monologues, analysing his best-known monologue plays and underlining their main common features with regard to the function of the monologue. This is followed by an in-depth overview of the monologues in The Weir and the analysis of them and their place within the whole play. The thesis concludes that the monologues in the play are narrations, through which the author builds a special kind of communication between the listeners and the narrators. This communication gradually becomes deeper and more personal thus allowing for the development of the central theme of the play, which is loneliness.
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