@article{oai:toyama.repo.nii.ac.jp:00019113,
 author = {Yamagishi, Rinko},
 issue = {3},
 journal = {富山大学教養教育院紀要},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {Throughout her career, Caryl Churchill has shown interest in fantastical elements. Despite the abundant evidence of her interest in her works, however, they have never received as much critical attention as they seem to deserve. This paper examines how these fantastical elements are presented in Churchill’s early plays up through Owners (1972). While the fantasticality found in the earliest plays functions to reiterate rather obvious or feasible interpretations, the function of the fantasticality seen in Owners is, instead, a subversion of the play’s generally accepted interpretation. Through a focus on the play’s fantastical moments, the character of Worsely is foregrounded as a more convincing and organic character with intense wishes for life and connectedness rather than the clownish figure with everlasting suicidal wishes , which he has generally been interpreted to be. Additionally, the fact that he succeeds in owning his body and controlling his life through the repeated failed suicide attempts opens up a new, positive approach to the concept of “ownership”, the aggressive and exploitative nature of which has been a focus., Article, 富山大学教養教育院紀要, 3号, 2022.3.11},
 pages = {22--35},
 title = {Fantastical Elements in the Earliest Plays of Caryl Churchill},
 year = {2022}
}