Research Article

AN ANALYSIS OF THE PLAY SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AUTHOR-WORK RELATIONSHIP

Number: 4 March 31, 2023
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AN ANALYSIS OF THE PLAY SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AUTHOR-WORK RELATIONSHIP

Abstract

This study focuses on how the relationship between fiction and reality is questioned in the work of Luigi Pirandello, one of the important Italian playwrights of the 20th century, Six Characters in Search of an Author. The metafictional and postmodern features in the play were tried to be explained through Roland Barthes' "Death of the Author" and Michel Foucault's "What is an Author?". In this postmodern work, in which the play-within- a-play narrative is explored in all its aspects, the adventures of fictional heroes in search of an author are emphasized. Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author is evaluated as a work that is open to different interpretations as well as giving the opportunity to read / watch on stage Roland Barthes' philosophical thoughts on an author, reader and text as a play.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Performance Art

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Publication Date

March 31, 2023

Submission Date

January 22, 2023

Acceptance Date

March 2, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Number: 4

APA
Demir Solak, N. (2023). AN ANALYSIS OF THE PLAY SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AUTHOR-WORK RELATIONSHIP. Art Time, 4, 15-20. https://doi.org/10.5152/ArtTime.2023.1240492
AMA
1.Demir Solak N. AN ANALYSIS OF THE PLAY SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AUTHOR-WORK RELATIONSHIP. Art Time. 2023;(4):15-20. doi:10.5152/ArtTime.2023.1240492
Chicago
Demir Solak, Nergiz. 2023. “AN ANALYSIS OF THE PLAY SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AUTHOR-WORK RELATIONSHIP”. Art Time, nos. 4: 15-20. https://doi.org/10.5152/ArtTime.2023.1240492.
EndNote
Demir Solak N (March 1, 2023) AN ANALYSIS OF THE PLAY SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AUTHOR-WORK RELATIONSHIP. Art Time 4 15–20.
IEEE
[1]N. Demir Solak, “AN ANALYSIS OF THE PLAY SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AUTHOR-WORK RELATIONSHIP”, Art Time, no. 4, pp. 15–20, Mar. 2023, doi: 10.5152/ArtTime.2023.1240492.
ISNAD
Demir Solak, Nergiz. “AN ANALYSIS OF THE PLAY SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AUTHOR-WORK RELATIONSHIP”. Art Time. 4 (March 1, 2023): 15-20. https://doi.org/10.5152/ArtTime.2023.1240492.
JAMA
1.Demir Solak N. AN ANALYSIS OF THE PLAY SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AUTHOR-WORK RELATIONSHIP. Art Time. 2023;:15–20.
MLA
Demir Solak, Nergiz. “AN ANALYSIS OF THE PLAY SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AUTHOR-WORK RELATIONSHIP”. Art Time, no. 4, Mar. 2023, pp. 15-20, doi:10.5152/ArtTime.2023.1240492.
Vancouver
1.Nergiz Demir Solak. AN ANALYSIS OF THE PLAY SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AUTHOR-WORK RELATIONSHIP. Art Time. 2023 Mar. 1;(4):15-20. doi:10.5152/ArtTime.2023.1240492