The Spectacles of Violence in David Mamet’s Oleanna
Ahmed Khudhur Fadhil
Department of English College of Education for HumanitiesUniversity of Mosul
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25130/Lang.8.11.10
Keywords: alienation, campus theatre, David Mamet, psychological experiences
Abstract
Violence is the highest point reached by tensions as a consequence of clashing advantages. For the literary writings, it shows the essential framework of human feelings. Although critics a little bit drill down on violence, it is still a principal attribute of social communication among people. It is also typified by the physical practices of force on people. Its meaning includes not only its corporal aspect but also its psychological experiences. This paper aims to investigate the impacts of violence on characters’ feelings and emotions in David Mamet’s Oleanna. It also examines violence in its multifaceted shape: gender violence, class violence, and cultural violence. It takes into account the psychoanalytical approach to bring out the psychological influences of violence and exploitation in Western society, especially in the American establishments. Having related to violence, the paper tries to show the influence of variant outcomes of alienation, rape, searching for power and emotional turmoil. The significance of the research lies in throwing light on the issue of violence in the domain of campus theatre.
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