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In Search of a New Theatre in a Dissolving World

Rıza Çimen

Melike Saba Akım’s LogostanKurtulmak: 20. Yüzyıl DramındaKarşı-Anlatı (Doing Away with Logos: Counter-Narrative in 20th Century Drama) searches for an answer to the question of representation in theatre by employing the deconstructive approach of Derrida. The main focus of the work, which puts the text-centred character of Western theatre under scrutiny, is not only to examine the reaction against the textual character of theatre; rather, Akım draws attention to the dissolution of the logocentric (discourse-centred) frame of theatre, especially in the twentieth century. The author explores the disintegration of dramatic unity on the theoretical grounds of Derridean poststructuralist philosophy which was later adopted by theatre theoristssuch as Elinor Fuchs and Hans-Thies Lehmann. Focusing on the works of theatre practitioners such as Gertrude Stein, Samuel Beckett and Richard Foreman, the author examines the transformations of several concepts such as language, representation and narrative in theatre through case studies.

DOI :10.26650/jtcd.1512060   IUP :10.26650/jtcd.1512060    Full Text (PDF)

Çözülen Bir Dünyada Yeni Tiyatro Arayışları

Rıza Çimen

Melike Saba Akım’ın yirminci yüzyıl tiyatrosu bağlamında kaleme aldığı Logostan Kurtulmak: 20. Yüzyıl Dramında Karşı-Anlatı (2022) adlı eseri tiyatroda temsil sorusuna Derrida izleğinde yapısökümcü bir yaklaşımla cevap arıyor. Batılı anlamda tiyatronun metin merkezli karakterini sorgulamaya çeken eserin temel özelliği, sadece tiyatronun metinsel özelliğine yöneltilen başkaldırıyı incelemekten ibaret değil; Akım daha ziyade tiyatronun logosentrik (söylem merkezli) yapısının özellikle yirminci yüzyılda karşılaştığı çözülmeye dikkat çekiyor. Yazar, Jacques Derrida’nın başını çektiği postyapısalcı felsefenin Elinor Fuchs ve Hans-Thies Lehmann gibi tiyatro kuramcıları tarafından benimsenerek dramatik bütünlüğün parçalanışını kuramsal zeminde tartışmaya açıyor. Gertrude Stein, Samuel Beckett ve Richard Foreman gibi tiyatrocuların eserlerine odaklanan yazar, incelediği vaka örnekleri üzerinden tiyatroda dil, temsil ve anlatı gibi kavramların geçirdiği dönüşümleri ele alıyor. 


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References

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Çimen R. In Search of a New Theatre in a Dissolving World. Journal of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy [Internet]. 7 Jun. 2025 [cited 7 Jun. 2025];0(39):92-97. Available from: https://doi.org/10.26650/jtcd.1512060 doi: 10.26650/jtcd.1512060


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Submitted07.07.2024
Accepted02.12.2024
Published Online31.12.2024

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