Equivocation in the Theatre of the Absurd

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Haidar Kareem Al-Aabedi
Equivocation in the Theatre of the Absurd

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Author: Haidar Kareem Al-Aabedi
ISBN: 9783832587840
Publisher: Logos Verlag
Publishing date: 2015-07-06
Related year (electronic): 2015
Pages: 279
Package: Kunst/Musik/Film/Tanz 2020 [2465]

P-ISBN: 9783832534639

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Haidar Kareem Al-Aabedi, Equivocation in the Theatre of the Absurd (2015), Logos Verlag, Berlin, ISBN: 9783832587840

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This book is the first attempt made to analyse the equivocal language of the Absurd Theatre via pure linguistic models carefully employed and illustrated by a wide range of significant examples, questions, and discussions. It provides the multiple tools necessary for understanding this language from various perspectives. Dr. Haidar K. Al-Abedi was Lecturer in English at University of Baghdad, Al-Muthana University, and Al-Israa University College. ``Haidar has to be complimented at the outset for selecting a very interesting topic . . . It is not surprising that a person from Iraq – and the ravages the country is sadly facing these days – is interested in an area which has its significant socio-cultural origin in the ravages of the World War II. The scope of the research also effectively covers the entire school of the British exponents of the Absurd Theatre. In fact, the first chapter discusses the central keyword – equivocation – in scholarly detail. There is an interesting discussion about the various types of equivocation from chapter two to five quite elaborately conducted by the researcher.'' Dr. Sanjay Mukherjee, Saurashtra University, India ``This book is an elaborate analysis of a number of plays written by different dramatists. By elucidating the equivocal verbal and non-verbal communication used by characters, the book addresses a wide range of social, religious, cultural, and political themes and issues which appeal to its audience/readers and are involved in constructing meaning through its peculiar use of language.'' Dr. Adel Saleh, Wasit University, Iraq

Table of content

  • BEGINN
  • 1 The Theatre of the Absurd and Language Equivocation
  • 1.1 Preliminaries
  • 1.2 Equivocation of the Absurd Theatre
  • 1.3 Hypotheses
  • 1.4 Objectives of the Study
  • 1.5 Significance of the Study
  • 1.6 Pedagogical Implication of the Study
  • 1.7 Data of the Study
  • 2 Lexical Equivocation
  • 2.1 Preliminaries
  • 2.2 What is 'Lexical Equivocation'?
  • 2.3 Homonymy
  • 2.4 Synonymy
  • 2.5 Synecdoche and Metonymy
  • 2.6 Punning
  • 2.7 Lexical Interpretation of Equivocation
  • 3. Co-operative Principle and Structural Equivocation
  • 3.1 Preliminaries
  • 3.2 What is 'Structural Equivocation'?
  • 3.3 Co-operative Principle
  • 4 Context and Structural Equivocation
  • 4.1 Preliminaries
  • 4.2 Context
  • 4.3 Features of Context
  • 4.4 Role of Context
  • 4.5 Types of Context
  • 4.6 Context and Construction of Identity
  • 5 Non-Verbal Communication and Equivocation
  • 5.1 Preliminaries
  • 5.2 Setting
  • 5.3 Movements
  • 5.4 Costumes
  • 5.5 Dramatic Objects
  • 5.6 Sound/Music
  • 5.7 Lighting
  • 6 Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Webliography

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