<영어로 읽는 고전 _ 버나드 쇼의 프레스 커팅>
"Press Cuttings"는 조지 버나드 쇼가 1909년에 발표한 정치 풍자극으로, 당시 영국의 정치적 상황을 배경으로 여성 참정권 운동과 군국주의를 주요 주제로 다룹니다. 육군 장관, 총리, 여성 참정권 운동가들을 주요 등장인물로 내세워 당시의 정치인들과 사회 제도를 날카롭게 비판하는 이 작품은 발표 당시 검열 논란을 일으켰습니다. 쇼 특유의 위트와 재치 있는 대사를 통해 심각한 사회 문제를 유머러스하게 다루는 이 연극은 당시 영국 사회의 중요한 이슈들을 효과적으로 조명하며, 쇼의 진보적인 사회관을 잘 보여주는 작품으로 평가받습니다. "Press Cuttings"는 사회 비평적 요소가 강하며, 당시 영국 사회의 모순을 드러내는 중요한 문학 작품으로 자리잡았습니다.
<Reading Classics in English _ Press Cuttings by Bernard Shaw >
"Press Cuttings" is a political satire published by George Bernard Shaw in 1909. It deals with the women's suffrage movement and militarism as its main themes against the backdrop of the political situation in Britain at the time. This work, which sharply criticizes the politicians and social systems of the time by featuring the Secretary of War, the Prime Minister, and women's suffrage activists as its main characters, caused controversy over censorship at the time of its publication. This play, which humorously deals with serious social issues through Shaw's characteristic wit and witty lines, effectively illuminates important issues in British society at the time and is evaluated as a work that well demonstrates Shaw's progressive social views. "Press Cuttings" has strong social criticism elements and has established itself as an important literary work that reveals the contradictions of British society at the time.
Summary
General Mitchener is at his writing table in the War Office, opening letters. On his left is the fireplace, with a fire burning. On his right, against the opposite wall is a standing desk with an office stool. The door is in the wall behind him, half way between the table and the desk. The table is not quite in the middle of the room: it is nearer to the hearthrug than to the desk.
