Split scenes technique in Tony Kushner's Angels in America: A postmodern study

Abstract

Abstract

Postmodernism is an intellectual and philosophical movement that emerged in the late 20th century as a response to the modernist ideas that had dominated various fields, including literature, the arts, architecture, and the social sciences earlier in the century. This movement rejects the authority of grand narratives and embraces pluralism and subjectivity instead of the Enlightenment ideas of reason, rationality, and objective truth. In literature and specifically in the field of playwriting, postmodern dramatists have used a variety of techniques, to challenge conventional dramatic structures and norms. Therefore, the aims of this research is to study the postmodern narrative technique, split scenes in this selected postmodern play, namely, Tony Kushner's Angels in America to examine how this work challenge conventional narrative structures and themes through the use of postmodern technique, split scenes and how the employed technique contribute to the understanding of postmodern theatre. The study also aims to show how these technique affect the audience's engagement with the work, thus improving their understanding of this play through the lens of postmodernism. Keywords: Postmodernism, split scenes Tony Kushner, Angels in America.