@article{article_331269, title={THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN SUB-WORLDS AND HYPOTHETICALLY REAL CONSTRUCTS IN HAROLD PINTER’S OLD TIMES}, journal={Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi}, volume={41}, pages={235–245}, year={2017}, url={https://izlik.org/JA46CL55MP}, author={Şafak, Zafer}, keywords={Harold Pinter,Old Times,Verbal Violence,Maneuvers of Exclusion and Trivialization Possible World Theory,Hypothetically Real Constructs}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <i> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">Old Times, </span> </i> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">which was
written by <i> </i>Nobel laureate playwright
Harold Pinter, narrates the story of a couple named Deeley and Kate and their
guest Anna. The play, which is set in a claustrophobic and somber atmosphere
like many other Pinter’s plays, turns out to be a narrative knotted with verbal
violence, latent menace and hidden aims when opposing characters Deeley and
Anna regard Kate as a battleground for domination and subjugation. While struggling
to oppress and abuse one another, each character endeavors to impose his or her
own version of reality upon other characters through the maneuvers of excluding
and trivialization tactics. In doing so, particularly Deeley and Anna reveal
their unuttered expectations, dreams and phantasies all of which can be easily
missed if the work is analyzed in a lineer or literal manner and if the
possibilities of multiple readings are ignored. </span> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> By placing the
Possible/Text(ual) World Theories on the basis of the study as a theoretical
background, it is aimed to unearth the hypothetically real constructs
exemplified under such titles as oneiric, deontic, epistemic, doxastic and
boulomaic </span> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">. <i>Old Times, </i> in which
characters invade each other’s personal space, provides referential wealth,
extensive and rich interpretative opportunity by means of Text World Theory
through which the study tries to enlarge the horizons of the readers and reset
the nature of grasping a dramatic play by giving a chance a diverging reading
on a theoretical basis. </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={2}