The Reflections of American Dream and Postmodern Consumerism: Mark Ravenhill’s Shopping and F***ing and Faust Is Dead

Year 2017, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 653 - 662, 30.11.2017

Çağlayan Doğan

https://doi.org/10.18795/gumusmaviatlas.357960

Abstract

This study aims to focus on Mark Ravenhill’s some significant plays in which the concept of American dream and contemporary consumerist culture are seen. Ravenhill puts forward the perception of American dream and consumerism by emphasizing the dissatisfaction of contemporary postmodern milieu. In his plays, Ravenhill refers to the concept of American dream that enables to establish a bound between much more consumerism and opportunities that it served. Therefore, this study tries to put forward how American dream and contemporary society is mirrored within the current theatre perspective.

Keywords

Mark Ravenhill, Shopping and F***ing, Faust is Dead, Postmodern Consumerism, American Dream

Postmodern Tüketim ve Amerikan Rüyasının Yansımaları: Mark Ravenhill’in Shopping and F***ing ve Faust Is Dead Adlı Oyunları

Abstract

Bu çalışma bazı önemli eserlerinde Amerikan rüyası ve
çağdaş tüketim kültürünün görüldüğü Mark Ravenhill’in ilgili oyunları üzerine
odaklanmayı amaçlar. Ravenhill tüketim algısını çağdaş postmodern ortamın
doyumsuzluğuna vurgu yaparak anlatır. Amerikan rüyası algısı sunduğu imkanlara
ve daha fazla tüketim ile doğrudan bir bağ kurulmasına olanak tanıdığı için
Ravenhill tarafından kullanılıyor. Bu nedenle bu çalışmada Amerikan rüyası
algısının ve çağdaş toplumun yeni tiyatro perspektifinden nasıl göründüğü
ortaya çıkarılmaya çalışılacaktır.

Keywords

Mark Ravenhill, Shopping and F***ing, Faust is Dead, Postmodern Tüketim, Amerikan Rüyası

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