Current Search: Pinter, Harold,--1930---Criticism and interpretation (x)
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Existentialism in Harold Pinter's Drama.
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Creator
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Wolf, Barbara, Pearce, Howard D., Florida Atlantic University
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More than has been previously recognized, Harold Pinter's Weltanschauung is comprehensively existential. Classical absolutes, Medieval spirituality and Renaissance harmony are untenable in his drama. Rational logic and Naturalistic fate are antithetic to his philosophy. Pinter's dramatic aesthetic. has been directed by his existential ethic. In his drama , Pinter recreates the negative conditions of modern life by posing problems based upon existential ontology, axiology, epistemology,...
Show moreMore than has been previously recognized, Harold Pinter's Weltanschauung is comprehensively existential. Classical absolutes, Medieval spirituality and Renaissance harmony are untenable in his drama. Rational logic and Naturalistic fate are antithetic to his philosophy. Pinter's dramatic aesthetic. has been directed by his existential ethic. In his drama , Pinter recreates the negative conditions of modern life by posing problems based upon existential ontology, axiology, epistemology, communication, and destiny; however, he resolves these dilemmas with positive existential solutions by which man may rediscover his existence in an insecure modern world.
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Date Issued
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1970
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000999
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Subject Headings
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Pinter, Harold,--1930---Criticism and interpretation, Existentialism in literature
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Document (PDF)
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The flame in the grate: The Kullus character in a selection of Harold Pinter's early works.
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Nudelman, Brian Charles., Florida Atlantic University, Pearce, Howard D.
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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,...
Show moreBetween 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.
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Date Issued
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2000
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12693
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Subject Headings
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Pinter, Harold,--1930---Criticism and interpretation, Pinter, Harold,--1930---Characters--Kullus
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Document (PDF)
