"But Who'll Look after Me,so?":Aging Narrative in The Beauty Queen of Leenane
As one of the representative works of contemporary Irish playwright Martin McDonagh,The Beauty Queen of Leenane tells a story of love and hate between a mother and a daughter in rural Ireland,which reveals the reality of family support contradiction in the aging process of Irish society.The contradiction between aging and care for the eld-erly leads to the tragedy of matricide.Under the guidance of literary gerontology theory,this thesis is to analyze the representation of aging in the play and its reflection of the issue of supporting the elderly in Ireland from the perspec-tive of aging narrative.The aging of Irish society can be traced back to the great famine in the mid-19th century and the resulting wave of emigration,population collapse and the disintegration of traditional family structure.The play also reveals a series of problems in the process of aging in Irish society,such as the imperfect pension system,the decline of family ethics,as well as the lack of subjectivity and initiative of the elderly.Under the background of global aging,Mc-Donagh's aging narrative is of great practical significance,which makes people think about aging and its solutions.Ac-tive aging is one of the most effective ways to the issue.
The Beauty Queen of LeenaneMartin McDonaghagingliterary gerontologyaging narrativeactive aging
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