Skuban, Sofija and Ćurčić, Petar (2023) Totalitarizam u ranim dramama Harolda Pintera: Književni i društvenoteorijski aspekti. In: Šesti međunarodni interdisciplinarni skup mladih naučnika društvenih i humanističkih nauka Konteksti. Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Novi Sad, pp. 29-43.
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Abstract
Harold Pinter is well-known for his interest in politics, which, although best reflected in his late works, can be seen throughout his entire opus. Thus, this paper will deal with the issue of totalitarianism in the author’s first three plays – The Room, The Birthday Party, and The Dumb Waiter, both when it comes to its literary aspects and its relation to contemporary social theory. The analysis of the relationships between characters, the situations, and the dramatic techniques shows that in his early plays Pinter, using mostly linguistic means, presents the problem of totalitarianism in general and abstract terms, which represents a starting point for its further development, concretization and explicitation in the author’s later works. Besides that, Pinter’s view of totalitarianism as a unique political, as well as intellectual phenomenon of the 20th century, exemplifies the issue of the complex relationship between literature and social theory. Although the notion dates back to the pre-World War II era, the term totalitarianism emerged in social theory only after 1945. Contrary to some social theorists, Pinter presents totalitarianism as being devoid of any ethnical, racial, or religious dimension, connecting its emergence to the state of lawlessness and singling out moral relativism and arbitrary use of violence as its main characteristics.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) |
| Depositing User: | Mr Srboljub Peović |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Dec 2023 08:40 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Dec 2023 09:59 |
| URI: | http://repo.ies.rs/id/eprint/11 |
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