The modern woman and conflict of gender performance: An analysis of Pinter’s Selected plays
This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2021.
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10361-177212023-01-15T21:01:45Z The modern woman and conflict of gender performance: An analysis of Pinter’s Selected plays Islam, Mahmooda Saba, Anika Department of English and Humanities, Brac University Harold Pinter's selected plays literary study Gender Performance Conflict of generations in literature. English drama--History and criticism. This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2021. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 35-37). This dissertation is an opportunity to explore Harold Pinter's selected plays to unveil the representation of women in modern drama and the conflict of gender on stage. The goal is to demonstrate a literary study of the portrayal of Pinter’s male and female characters, as well as the tension that arises between them that can be found in three plays of Harold Pinter which are The Homecoming (1964), The Lover (1962), as well as Night School (1960). The study incorporates the ideas of famous philosophers including the French Simon de Beauvoir and American Judith Butler who have profoundly written on gender, masculinity and femininity. I would like to analyse how Pinter creates the illusion of family while also suggesting the fragility of traditional family structures that are easily challenged and broken. In addition, I will demonstrate how sexuality is used as a weapon of control by both genders, male and female, to manipulate each other in the false family structures depicted in his plays. Lastly, the connection between Pinter’s plays and philosophies of Judith Butler and Simon de Beauvoir will illustrate that these plays depict the emergence of modern women on stage, through which Pinter creates a conflict between patriarchal society and the modern woman. Mahmooda Islam B.A. in English 2023-01-15T09:25:19Z 2023-01-15T09:25:19Z 2021 2021-09 Thesis ID: 17103032 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/17721 en_US Brac University theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. 37 Pages application/pdf Brac University |
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