Abstract
Old Times, which was
written by Nobel laureate playwright
Harold Pinter, narrates the story of a couple named Deeley and Kate and their
guest Anna. The play, which is set in a claustrophobic and somber atmosphere
like many other Pinter’s plays, turns out to be a narrative knotted with verbal
violence, latent menace and hidden aims when opposing characters Deeley and
Anna regard Kate as a battleground for domination and subjugation. While struggling
to oppress and abuse one another, each character endeavors to impose his or her
own version of reality upon other characters through the maneuvers of excluding
and trivialization tactics. In doing so, particularly Deeley and Anna reveal
their unuttered expectations, dreams and phantasies all of which can be easily
missed if the work is analyzed in a lineer or literal manner and if the
possibilities of multiple readings are ignored. By placing the
Possible/Text(ual) World Theories on the basis of the study as a theoretical
background, it is aimed to unearth the hypothetically real constructs
exemplified under such titles as oneiric, deontic, epistemic, doxastic and
boulomaic. Old Times, in which
characters invade each other’s personal space, provides referential wealth,
extensive and rich interpretative opportunity by means of Text World Theory
through which the study tries to enlarge the horizons of the readers and reset
the nature of grasping a dramatic play by giving a chance a diverging reading
on a theoretical basis.
Keywords
Harold Pinter Old Times Verbal Violence Maneuvers of Exclusion and Trivialization Possible World Theory Hypothetically Real Constructs
References
- Bryden, Ronald (1971): Pinteris New Peacemaker, The Observer, http://www.haroldpinter.org/plays/plays_oldtimes.shtml, accesed date: 20.12.2016
- David, Birch (1991): The Language of Drama Critical Theory and Practice, The Macmillan Press, London
- Elam, Keir (2005): The Semitics of Theatre and Drama, Routledge and Taylor& Francis Group, London
- Gavins, Joanna (2007): Text World Theory: An Introduction, Edinburg University Press
- Hargreaves, Helen (2010): A Text World Theory Approach to Viewpoint Analysis, with Special Reference to John le Carré’s A Perfect Spy, Lancester University Press
- Lewis, David K. (1973): Counterfactuals, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford
- Pinter, Harold (1997): Harold Pinter: Plays Three, Faber and Faber: Contemporary Classics, London
- Yerebakan, İbrahim (2000): Harold Pinter: Kutlama, Mitos-Boyut Yayınları, İstanbul
- Yerebakan, İbrahim, Göktekin, Yılmaz (2003): Suskunluğun Oyun yazarı Harold Pinter'ın Türkiye Serüvenleri, Atatürk Üniversitesi, Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Dergisi, Erzurum
Abstract
References
- Bryden, Ronald (1971): Pinteris New Peacemaker, The Observer, http://www.haroldpinter.org/plays/plays_oldtimes.shtml, accesed date: 20.12.2016
- David, Birch (1991): The Language of Drama Critical Theory and Practice, The Macmillan Press, London
- Elam, Keir (2005): The Semitics of Theatre and Drama, Routledge and Taylor& Francis Group, London
- Gavins, Joanna (2007): Text World Theory: An Introduction, Edinburg University Press
- Hargreaves, Helen (2010): A Text World Theory Approach to Viewpoint Analysis, with Special Reference to John le Carré’s A Perfect Spy, Lancester University Press
- Lewis, David K. (1973): Counterfactuals, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford
- Pinter, Harold (1997): Harold Pinter: Plays Three, Faber and Faber: Contemporary Classics, London
- Yerebakan, İbrahim (2000): Harold Pinter: Kutlama, Mitos-Boyut Yayınları, İstanbul
- Yerebakan, İbrahim, Göktekin, Yılmaz (2003): Suskunluğun Oyun yazarı Harold Pinter'ın Türkiye Serüvenleri, Atatürk Üniversitesi, Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Dergisi, Erzurum
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| Publication Date | December 26, 2017 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2017Volume: 41 Issue: 2 |
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