Exploring Absent Presence and offstage Space in Sam Shepard's True West
Author(s):
Abstract:
There are several dramatic characters who enormously appeal to us since they are attractive. Part of this attraction might be owing to their strong stage presence. More interesting, however, are characters who do not appear on stage but their absent presence is so strong that influences the characters who do appear physically on stage. There are numerous examples of plays from classic to modern in which the action of the play is driven by a character who is not materially present but is thematically central to the play. The present paper explores the absent presence in Sam Shepards True West (1980) to show how a character who is not physically present on stage can affect the lives and decisions of character who do have material presence on stage. The examination of this device can not only reveal multiple layers of the play, but can also attract the attention of playwrights to this device to explore it in their plays.
This is a qualitative research for which library sources and reliable Internet sites have been utilized.
This is a qualitative research for which library sources and reliable Internet sites have been utilized.
Keywords:
Language:
English
Published:
Kimiya-ye-Honar, Volume:5 Issue: 17, 2016
Pages:
76 to 84
magiran.com/p1548137
دانلود و مطالعه متن این مقاله با یکی از روشهای زیر امکان پذیر است:
اشتراک شخصی
با عضویت و پرداخت آنلاین حق اشتراک یکساله به مبلغ 1,390,000ريال میتوانید 70 عنوان مطلب دانلود کنید!
اشتراک سازمانی
به کتابخانه دانشگاه یا محل کار خود پیشنهاد کنید تا اشتراک سازمانی این پایگاه را برای دسترسی نامحدود همه کاربران به متن مطالب تهیه نمایند!
توجه!
- حق عضویت دریافتی صرف حمایت از نشریات عضو و نگهداری، تکمیل و توسعه مگیران میشود.
- پرداخت حق اشتراک و دانلود مقالات اجازه بازنشر آن در سایر رسانههای چاپی و دیجیتال را به کاربر نمیدهد.
In order to view content subscription is required
Personal subscription
Subscribe magiran.com for 70 € euros via PayPal and download 70 articles during a year.
Organization subscription
Please contact us to subscribe your university or library for unlimited access!