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flame in the grate: The Kullus character in a selection of Harold Pinter's early works

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2000
Summary:
Between the years 1949 and 1955, Harold Pinter was writing not plays, but poems and prose. Three works written during this period are "Kullus," "The Task," and "The Examination." Not only do these works follow chronologically, but also the intricate relationship between the narrator and Kullus established within each seems to continually refer back to a previous work. When read together, with "The Task" central, the three works form a continuing narrative of conflict and personal struggle, and for each to be fully appreciated and understood, one needs that knowledge gained from seeing the progression in relationship that is developed from "Kullus" to "The Examination." Pinter's early exploration with Kullus is not unlike an experiment in dramatic structure. The three works are an experimental proto-play; a playful structure of events that calls upon a willing reader to fulfill his/her role as interpreter and connection-maker.
Title: The flame in the grate: The Kullus character in a selection of Harold Pinter's early works.
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Name(s): Nudelman, Brian Charles.
Florida Atlantic University, Digital Library
Pearce, Howard D., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 2000
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 63 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Between the years 1949 and 1955, Harold Pinter was writing not plays, but poems and prose. Three works written during this period are "Kullus," "The Task," and "The Examination." Not only do these works follow chronologically, but also the intricate relationship between the narrator and Kullus established within each seems to continually refer back to a previous work. When read together, with "The Task" central, the three works form a continuing narrative of conflict and personal struggle, and for each to be fully appreciated and understood, one needs that knowledge gained from seeing the progression in relationship that is developed from "Kullus" to "The Examination." Pinter's early exploration with Kullus is not unlike an experiment in dramatic structure. The three works are an experimental proto-play; a playful structure of events that calls upon a willing reader to fulfill his/her role as interpreter and connection-maker.
Identifier: 9780599813847 (isbn), 12693 (digitool), FADT12693 (IID), fau:9575 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2000.
Subject(s): Pinter, Harold,--1930---Criticism and interpretation
Pinter, Harold,--1930---Characters--Kullus
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