TY - JOUR AU - Гайдаш, А.В. PY - 2016/12/28 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - THE PORTRAIT OF THE OLD LADY IN ERIC COBLE’S THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN JF - Studia Philologica JA - SPFS VL - 0 IS - 1 SE - Літературознавство DO - UR - https://studiap.kubg.edu.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/164 SP - AB - <span><em>This article examines the portrayal of the elderly lady in the play “The Velocity of Autumn” (2014). Content</em><br /><span><em>analysis of the play suggests that the author modeled a charismatic ambivalent character who overcomes</em><br /><span><em>the oppression of the cross-generational bond. The female protagonist of the male playwright subverts</em><br /><span><em>disempowerment stereotypically associated with aging. Yet the oppression still takes place in the form</em><br /><span><em>of the language: there is a great deal of ageist self-stereotyping in the language of the elderly character.</em><br /><span><em>In terms of the play’s poetics the images of home and the tree in front of the window turn out as the projections of the character’s elderly self.</em></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span> ER -