New Readings in British Drama

This book offers new readings of British plays produced in the post-Second World War period. The volume examines the works of Tom Stoppard, Caryl Churchill, Sarah Kane, Roy Williams, Mark Ravenhill, Thomas Eccleshare, Anders Lutsgarten and Jackie Kay from a contemporary critical standpoint.

New Readings in British Drama: From the Post-War Period to the Contemporary Era offers new readings of British plays produced after the Second World War by underlining the fact that literary theories have never been stagnant and exhausted in the field of drama as part of literary studies. Scholarly editions focusing exclusively on contemporary drama and its critical readings are still a rarity, as contemporary literary scholars tend to neglect drama in favour of fiction. Therefore, our contributors have attempted to examine the works of Tom Stoppard, Caryl Churchill, Sarah Kane, Roy Williams, Mark Ravenhill, Thomas Eccleshare, Anders Lutsgarten and Jackie Kay from the perspectives of the major theories by emphasising how key theoretical approaches can help elucidate theatrical texts and their performances from a contemporary critical standpoint.

Autorentext

Mesut Günenç holds a PhD in English literature and is currently teaching courses on contemporary drama and theatre as an assistant professor at Aydin Adnan Menderes University in Turkey. He has published several articles on Postdramatic theatre and contemporary British drama. He is the author of a Turkish book titled "David Hare'in Oyunlarinda Post-Truth Söylem". He has received a research council scholarship to visit Loughborough University for postdoctoral research. He is a founding member of eatre and Drama Network (TDN) in Turkey. Enes Kavak is currently working as an assistant professor at Gaziantep University in Turkey. He holds a PhD in English literature from the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. His doctoral research focuses on Edwardian women's political theatre. He is the co-editor of an edited volume titled "English Studies in the 21st Century". His recent research focuses mostly on surage literature, women's writings, contemporary British drama and theatre. He is a founding member of eatre and Drama Network (TDN) in Turkey.

Inhalt
Introduction Mehmet Akif Balkaya : The Unbearable Absence of Existence: The Post- Structuralist Condition in Tom Stoppard's After Magritte Gül Kurtulu : Memory, Gender and Innovation in Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine: The Brechtian Legacy in the Postmodern Theatre Mesut Günenç : Deciphering Postdramatic Tragedy in Sarah Kane's Phaedra's Love Enes Kavak and Gökçe Akark : Nostalgia and Identity Crisis of Black British Characters in Roy Williams's The No Boys Cricket Club Mustafa Bal : Apocalypse In- Yer- Face: Mark Ravenhill's Faust Is Dead Özlem Karada : Becoming Human/ oid: A Posthumanist Critique of Thomas Eccleshare's Instructions for Correct Assembly Hakan Gültekin : Post- Neoliberalism, Free Market and Disillusionment: Anders Lustgarten's If You Don't Let Us Dream, We Won't Let You Sleep Pelin Doan : An International Crossroads of Female Pain. Intersectional Feminism: Jackie Kay's Chiaroscuro Notes on Contributors .