Multilevel Representations of Power in Harold Pinter's Plays

Alina-Elena Rosca

ISBN 10: 3631659504 / ISBN 13: 9783631659502

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang Feb 2015, 2015

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Neuware -The study offers an interdisciplinary analysis of Harold Pinter¿s dramatic discourse and focuses on the way power makes the characters play on the borders of linguistic, spatial, narrative and gender configurations. It examines the experimental nature of Harold Pinter¿s dramatic technique and how he compromises both the realistic and the absurd dramatic formulae. The study also investigates the narrative of the past ¿ a new dramatic technique in Pinter¿s Plays, which brings into focus the inner life of the characters without causing any severe disturbance to the realistic conventional formula. It asserts that the narratives of the past become a form of doing, of being anchored in life and of acting in response to it. It also argues that sexuality is constantly submitted to manipulation and that women are more prepared than men to transgress gender constructions. 238 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Multilevel Representations of Power in Harold Pinter's Plays
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Feb 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631659504
• ISBN 13: 9783631659502
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 18D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 425 grams

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Synopsis

The study offers an interdisciplinary analysis of Harold Pinter’s dramatic discourse and focuses on the way power makes the characters play on the borders of linguistic, spatial, narrative and gender configurations. It examines the experimental nature of Harold Pinter’s dramatic technique and how he compromises both the realistic and the absurd dramatic formulae. The study also investigates the narrative of the past – a new dramatic technique in Pinter’s Plays, which brings into focus the inner life of the characters without causing any severe disturbance to the realistic conventional formula. It asserts that the narratives of the past become a form of doing, of being anchored in life and of acting in response to it. It also argues that sexuality is constantly submitted to manipulation and that women are more prepared than men to transgress gender constructions.

About the Author

Alina-Elena Roşca is Assistant Lecturer of English Literature at the University of Ploieşti (Romania). Her research fields are Literary and Cultural Studies, Modernism/Postmodernism, and, more specifically, Harold Pinter. She is also a member of the European Society for the Study of English.