Harold Pinter’in Kapıcı Adlı Oyununa Freudçu Psikanalitik Yaklaşım

Modern toplumlarda bireylerin yabancılaşma ve iletişim kaybı sıkıntısı çektiği gözlemlenebilir. Ruhsal bozukluklar, psikolojik sıkıntı ve nörotik rahatsızlıkların nedenleri arasında bireysel farklılıkların yanı sıra sosyal ve kültürel koşulların olduğunu varsayılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada sosyal yabancılaşma teorisi ile Freudçu psikanalitik nevroz teorisi kavramlarını ilişkilendirerek nörotik bozuklukların altında yatan başlıca nedenleri derinlemesine incelemek amacıyla toplumun ve otoriter güçlerin rolü sorgulanacaktır. Bu nedenle Harold Pinter tarafından yazılan The Caretaker Kapıcı 1960 , bireylerin yaşamındaki iç ve dış güçler göz önünde bulundurularak incelenecektir. Bu makale, dış güçlerin baskı ve otoriter güçlerin altında olan bireyin psikolojisi üzerindeki etkisini açığa çıkarmak amacıyla oyunu Freudçu psikoanalitik bakış açısından incelemeyi ve yorumlamayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu çalışma öncelikle Freudçu Psikanalitik Teori ve Absürt Tiyatro'ya kısaca değinmekte ve sonrasında da The Caretaker Kapıcı oyunu hakkında kısa bilgi vermektedir. Sonrasında ise oyunun Freudçu Psikanalitik Teori açısından analizi üzerinde durmaktadır

A FREUDIAN PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACH TO HAROLD PINTER’S THE CARETAKER

In modern societies, it can be observed that individuals suffer from alienation and loss of communication. Apart from individual differences, social and cultural conditions are assumed among the reasons behind mental disorders, psychological distress and neurotic disabilities. In this study, the role of society and authoritative forces will be questioned to scrutinize the core reasons behind the neurotic disorders through correlating the concepts of social theory of alienation and the Freudian psychoanalytic theory of neurosis. Therefore, The Caretaker 1960 , by Harold Pinter, will be examined by taking into consideration the internal and external forces in individuals’ life. The paper aims to examine and interpret the play from the Freudian psychoanalytic perspective in order to disclose the effect of external forces on individuals’ psyche under the condition of oppression and authoritative forces. In the first place, the study touches shortly upon the Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory and the Theatre of the Absurd and then gives brief information about the play, The Caretaker. Later, the study dwells on the analysis of the play from the point of the Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory

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