Hayvanat Bahçesi ve Hassas Denge Oyunlarında Sarter’ın Bakış Teorisi

Year 2010, Volume: 50 Issue: 1, 95 - 109, 01.01.2010

Gül Büyü

Abstract

Edward Albee’nin karakterleri varoluşlarına dair hissettikleri belirsizlikten dolayı kendilerine ve çevrelerindekilere benliklerini kanıtlama zorunluluğu hissederler; bu amaç doğrultusunda kişi ona bakmak, onu dinlemek ve de tepki vermek için “Ötekine” ihtiyaç duymaktadır. Bu makale, Sartre’ın “bakış” teorisi göz önüne alınarak Albee’nin Hayvanat Bahçesi oyunundaki Jerry ve Hassas Denge oyunundaki Agnes adlı karakterler üzerinde duracaktır.

Keywords

Bakış, Varoluş, Belirsizlik, Öteki, Sartre, Albee

Sartrean Look in the Zoo Story and a Delicate Balance

Abstract

Edward Albee’s characters feel a compulsion to prove their existence both to themselves and to the people around them as they feel uncertainties about their identities. To achieve this, they need “the Other” to look at, to listen to and to react to them. This paper will analyse two characters of Albee; Jerry in The Zoo Story and Agnes in A Delicate Balance, in terms of their requirement of Sartrean look to assert their existence.

Keywords

The Look, Existence, Uncertainty, Tthe Other, Sartre, Albee

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