The Destruction of the American Dream in Sam Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class

Sinan AKILLI

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The Destruction of the American Dream in Sam Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class

Yazarlar:

Sinan AKILLI

Yayıncı:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Dergi:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2004 Issue 19, pp.47-57

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2004

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000734952

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

pISSN:

1300-6606

Özet:

 

There has always been a tendency in literary criticism to categorize  works into strictly-defined compartments depending merely on the ‘form’  and ‘content’ of the individual ‘text.’ Such a tendency, however, disregards  the inherent relationship of exchange existing between the ‘text’ and the  ‘context,’ that is the social, cultural, and political reality out of and into which  the literary text is born, thereby pre-determining and limiting the possible  horizons of interpretation of the text in question. To some extent, Sam  Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class, first staged in London in 1977, has been  a victim of such disregard, and under the influence of the same attitude its  general reception has been merely as a ‘family play.’ The aim of this article,  on the other hand, is to relate the ‘text’ of the play to its larger ‘context’ and  argue that Curse, as well as being a ‘family play,’ is an illustration of the  destruction of the ‘American Dream’ in the American family.

Makale detayları

The Destruction of the American Dream in Sam Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class

Yazarlar: Sinan AKILLI

Yayıncı: American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Dergi: Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2004 Issue 19, pp.47-57

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 3/2004

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000734952

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

pISSN: 1300-6606

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Sinan AKILLI

Yayıncı:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Dergi:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2004 Issue 19, pp.47-57

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2004

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000734952

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

pISSN:

1300-6606