Affirming the Absurd in Harold Pinter

2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-34534-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 103 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 272 g

Using Martin Esslin's "invention" - the Theatre of the Absurd - to examine Pinter's works, Wong brings the complexities and intricacies of the plays to the forefront, provoking readers and audiences to reconsider and problematize more conventional studies of his plays.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

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Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Intruders as Liberators in The Birthday Party 3. Estrangement and Reconnection in The Caretaker 4. Implied Silence: Anatomizing Friendship and Betrayal in The Dwarfs 5. Conceptualizing Structure, Freedom, and Desire in The French Lieutenant's Woman 6. Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Jane Wong Yeang Chui is Assistant Professor at Nanyang University, Singapore