@article{article_1424477, title={Family Concept Within the Absurd Tradition: A Study of Arthur Kopit}, journal={Journal of English Language}, volume={2}, pages={31–44}, year={2024}, author={Bilginer Halefoğlu, Selen}, keywords={Absurd Theatre, Arthur Kopit, Oh Dad Poor Dad, Oedipus Complex}, abstract={This study focuses on an absurd play in which examples of familial relationships can be found, and how each member of the family is affected from the unhealthy environment within the family is shown. In the first part of the study an introduction to The Theatre of the Absurd is given and its philosophy is underlined which is ’’to express sense of the senselessness of the human condition. Arthur Kopit is an important representative of this school in which he wanted to show the lack of meaning in life. He also wanted to force the audience to seek for a truer and more essential life by showing and exposing the absurd in ordinary everyday situations. In the play Oh Dad Poor Dad Mama’s Hang You in The Closet and I’m Feelin’ so Sad, which centers on a domineering woman and her overprotected son and her dead husband whose body repeatedly falls out of a closet during the play, Oedipal overtones are underlined. And answers to the questions like how are children effected if some hidden complexes or abnormalities occur in the mother, and what happens if the child can not resolve his Oedipal conflict fully are sought.}, number={1}, publisher={Maltepe University}