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"므두셀라로 돌아가기: 메타생물학적 오경"은 조지 버나드 쇼(George Bernard Shaw)가 1921년에 출판한 희곡입니다. 이 희곡은 진화, 장수, 인간의 미래에 대한 주제를 탐구하는 5부 또는 종종 "오각형"이라고 불리는 막으로 구성되어 있습니다. 인류. 제목은 유난히 긴 수명으로 유명한 성서 인물인 므두셀라를 가리킨다.
"Back to Methuselah"의 각 막은 인간 진화의 다양한 단계를 제시하고 삶과 죽음, 인간 잠재력에 대한 철학적 아이디어를 탐구합니다. Shaw는 생물학적 진화의 개념을 사용하여 사회적, 정치적 진화를 논의하고 전통적인 아이디어에 도전하며 진보와 변화를 옹호합니다.
이 연극은 복잡한 주제와 생각을 자극하는 대화로 유명하며, 풍자와 진지한 사회적 논평을 종종 혼합하는 Shaw의 글쓰기 스타일의 전형적인 특징입니다. 이 작품은 Shaw의 레퍼토리와 현대 연극사에서 중요한 작품으로 남아 있습니다.
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"Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch" is a play by George Bernard Shaw, published in 1921. It consists of five parts, or acts, often referred to as a "pentalogy," exploring themes of evolution, longevity, and the future of humanity. The title refers to Methuselah, the biblical figure known for his exceptionally long lifespan.
Each act of "Back to Methuselah" presents a different stage in human evolution and explores philosophical ideas about life, death, and human potential. Shaw uses the concept of biological evolution to discuss social and political evolution, challenging traditional ideas and advocating for progress and change.
The play is known for its complex themes and thought-provoking dialogues, typical of Shaw's writing style which often mixes satire with serious social commentary. It remains a significant work in Shaw's repertoire and in the history of modern drama.
Summary
One day early in the eighteen hundred and sixties, I, being then a small boy, was with my nurse, buying something in the shop of a petty newsagent, bookseller, and stationer in Camden Street, Dublin, when there entered an elderly man, weighty and solemn, who advanced to the counter, and said pompously, 'Have you the works of the celebrated Buffoon?'
My own works were at that time unwritten, or it is possible that the shop assistant might have misunderstood me so far as to produce a copy of Man and Superman. As it was, she knew quite well what he wanted; for this was before the Education Act of 1870 had produced shop assistants who know how to read and know nothing else.
- THE DAWN OF DARWINISM_
