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- Title
A Complex Journey of Peace and Violence in the Plays of Harold Pinter (The Birthday Party, The Caretaker, The Room, The Dumb Waiter).
- Authors
Chaudhari, Vijay Z.
- Abstract
Harold Pinter (1930-2008) is regarded as one of the leading dramatists in absurdist tradition of contemporary period, who also won Noble Prize for literature in 2005. To his credit Harold Hobson of The Sunday Times has described Pinter as "the most original, disturbing, and arresting talent in theatrical London." (Dasgupta, 84). For Contemporary society, the World War II brought despair and rootless life to be lived. The dehumanization overwhelmingly executed in the society in the post-war period. Reality lingered over man's emotion leading him isolated. Industrialization also promotes rationalism and mitigates the faith in destiny. Consequently, men survive under insecurity which ultimately leads life without peace. Thus, this explains his identity crisis and problem of alienation. Pinter's dramaturgy aims to delineate purposelessness and loss of peace in life leading to mental, physical and social violence through his characters. Pinter has always been in favour of humanity and peace as he rejected to participate in the war in his early phase of life and was considered as 'Conscientious Objector' to refuse to comply with National Service.
- Subjects
DRAMATURGICAL approach; PINTER, Harold, 1930-2008; DRAMATISTS; PEACE; VIOLENCE; HUMANITY; INDUSTRIALIZATION
- Publication
Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies, 2013, Vol 4, Issue 3, p120
- ISSN
0976-0814
- Publication type
Article