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The Plays Of De-sain

Posted on:2009-08-01Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360272955724Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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Harold Pinter, the owner of the 2005 Nobel Literature Prize, whose early plays shows distinct characteristics. Because of the arcane expression and the unique concept of theater in Pinter's works, those plays were signed with the label of theater of the absurd, theater of menace, or theater of language.On the basis of close-reading to the text, this paper investigated those early plays of Pinter by analyze of concrete works and characters, founded that anxiety, intimidation and violence are three themes of Pinter's early plays, and Correspondence to those concept of Concern , Dread and Death in Heidegger' philosophy; Interpret Pinter' early plays with the existentialism, Regard those plays exceed the theater of the absurd, theater of menace and theater of language, becoming the plays of concern , the plays of dread and the plays of death. By summarizing the overall philosophy Characteristics that embodied in Pinter' early plays, this paper regard Pinter's early plays had opened the figure and external mask of human being, to show us the nature of the human and the truth of being, thereby constituting The Plays of De-sain.
Keywords/Search Tags:Harold Pinter, Theater, De-sain, Concern, Dread, Death
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