A FOUCALDIAN READING OF HAROLD PINTER’S OLD TIMES

Öz

This paper aims to examine the power struggle initiated for dominance, the possession of territory and love between the characters Deeley, Kate and Anna in Harold Pinter`s play Old Times in the light of Foucault`s theory on discourse, power, knowledge and resistance. It explains how the on-going battle is carried out through the production of discourses and counter-discourses, the fabrication of truth and knowledge and the reconstruction and deconstruction of past memories. The characters exert and resist the power by employing various strategies and maneuvers including subjugation, victimization and exploitation. Nevertheless, this is a battle with no ultimate winner and loser since power rapidly keeps changing hand, and the alliances formed by the characters against each other are constantly altering and redesigned

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Foucault, Discourse, Power, Knowledge, Resistance, Old Times

HAROLD PINTER’IN ESKİ ZAMANLAR ADLI OYUNUNUN FOUCAULTCU SÖYLEM BAĞLAMINDA İNCELENMESİ

Öz

Bu çalışma Harold Pinter’in Eski Zamanlar adlı tiyatro eserinde karakterler Deeley, Kate ve Anna arasındaki sevgi ve mekana sahip olmak ve birbirleri üzerinde hakimiyet kurmak için yürütülen güç mücadelesini Foucault’nun söylem, güç, bilgi ve direnç üzerine olan teorisi ışığında ele almayı amaçlamaktadır. Karakterlerin bu mücadeleyi söylem ve karşı söylem üreterek, bilgi ve gerçeklik imal ederek ve geçmiş hatıraları bozup yeniden inşa ederek nasıl sürdürdükleri tartışılacaktır. Karakterler boyun eğdirme, istismar ve mağdur etmenin de dahil olduğu çeşitli manevralara ve stratejilere başvurarak hem güç uygulamakta hem de güce karşı koymaktadırlar. Ancak yine de karakterler arasındaki bu savaş, kazananı ve kaybedeni olmayan bir mücadeledir çünkü güç, oyunun sonuna kadar sürekli olarak el değiştirmekte ve karakterlerin birbirine karşı kurdukları ittifaklar sürekli değişerek yeniden dizayn edilmektedir

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Foucault, Söylem, Güç, Bilgi, Direnç, Eski Zamanlar

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