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Where Do I Belong? Power And Class Struggle In Miss Julie And The Hairy Ape

Year 2018, , 857 - 865, 11.07.2018
https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.407732

Abstract

Written 1888 by Swedish playwright August Strindberg, Miss Julie is considered a naturalistic
play that deals with power struggles between the characters Jean and Julie in
terms of gender and class.  As an
over-reacher, Jean tries to empower Julie in order to upgrade his social position.
Hairy Ape, on the other hand, is an
expressionistic play which was written by American playwright Eugene O’Neill in
1922.  The play tells the degraded
position of Yank who searches for his social place in the society. After being
labeled as a “filthy beast” by the daughter of a steel company owner, Yank
internalizes his status as an ape like creature. Throughout the play he
involves in a quest as he tries to belong to a social class. Although written
in two different centuries reflecting different cultures and cultural problems,
both plays employ male characters who struggle to improve their position within
the hierarchal and material society in spite of the status quo they face.
Consequently, this study aims to analyze Miss
Julie
and Hairy Ape in order to
illustrate class struggles of the male characters that transgress from century
to century and from one culture to another preserving the core of the problems
of the class issue in the modern society. 

References

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  • Berlin, N. (1982). Eugene O’Neill. London: MacMillan.
  • Bogard, T. (1972). Contour in Time. New York: Oxford UP.
  • Brugnoli, A. (2012). “Eulogy of the Ape: Paradigms of Alterity and Identity in Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape.” Eugene O'Neill Review. 33 (1), 43-55.
  • Chothia, J. (1989) Eugene O’Neill and The Emergence of American Drama. Marc Maufort (Ed.) “Theatre Language: Word and Image in The Hairy Ape” (pn. 31-40). Amsterdam: Rodopi.
  • Cohn, R. (1971). Dialogue in American Drama. Bloomington: Indiana UP.
  • Egri, P. (1984) Critical Essays on Eugene O’Neill. James J. Martine (Ed.) “’Belonging’ Lost: Alienation and Dramatic Form in Eugene O’Neill’s The Hairy Ape” (pn. 77-111). Boston, Massachusetts: G. K. Hall.
  • El Sanhoury, N. A. R. (1982) O’Neill and Intellectual Influences. (Unpublished Dissertation). State University of New York at Buffalo.
  • Hartman, M. (1966). “Strindberg and O'Neill.” Educational Theatre Journal. 18:3, 216-233.
  • Lamm, M. (1971). Strindberg: A Collection of Critical Essays. Otto Reinert (Ed.) “Miss Julie” (pn. 105-116). Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
  • Meyer, M. (1986). File on Strindberg. London: Methuen.
  • O’Neill, E. (1959). The Hairy Ape. New York: The Modern Library.
  • Shideler, R. (2009). The Cambridge Companion to August Strindberg. Michael Robinson (Ed.) “Miss Julie: naturalism, ‘The Battle of the Brains’ and sexual desire” (pn 58-69). Cambridge: Cambridge UP.
  • Stockenström, G. (2004) “The Dilemma of Naturalistic Tragedy: Strindberg's Miss Julie.” Comparative Drama. 38:1, 39-57.
  • Strindberg, A. (1958). Miss Julie. London: Penguin.
  • Templeton, A. (1990). “’Miss Julie’ as ‘A Naturalistic Tragedy’.” Theatre Journal. 42:4, 468-480.
  • Törnqvist, E. and Jacobs B. (1988). Strindberg’s Miss Julie: A Play and Its Transportations. Norwich: Norvik Press.

Nereye Aitim? Miss Julie ve The Hairy Ape İsimli Oyunlarda Güç ve Sınıf Mücadelesi

Year 2018, , 857 - 865, 11.07.2018
https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.407732

Abstract

1888
yılında İsveçli oyun yazarı August Strindberg tarafından yazılan Miss Julie, cinsiyet ve sınıf açısından
ana karakterler olan Jean ve Julie arasındaki güç mücadelesini ele alan
natüralist bir oyundur. Oyun, aşırı hırslı olan Jean’in kendi sosyal pozisyonunu
yükseltmek adına üst sınıftan olan Julie’yi etkisi altına alma çabasını
anlatır. Diğer yandan 1922’de Amerikalı oyun yazarı Eugene O’Neill tarafından
yazılan Hairy Ape ekspresyonist bir
oyundur. Oyun toplumda ait olduğu yeri arayan Yank’in toplumda indirgenen
pozisyonunu anlatır.  Çalıştığı şirketin
sahibinin kızı tarafından ‘iğrenç yaratık’ diye adlandırılan Yank bir süre sonra
kendine atfedilen yaratık yakıştırmasını içselleştirir. Yank aslında oyun
boyunca bir sosyal gruba ait olmanın arayışı içindedir. İki farklı yüzyılda
yazılmalarına ve de iki farklı kültürü ve farklı sorunları yansıtmalarına
rağmen her iki oyun da işçi sınıfına ait olan erkek karakterleri ele alır. Bu
bakımda farklı akımlara ait olan bu iki oyun ortak bir temada buluşurlar. Bulundukları
sosyal konum üzerine bilinçlenmelerinin ardından hem Jean hem de Yank
karşılaştıkları statükocu durumlara rağmen kendi konumlarını değiştirmek adına
çabalarlar. Bu bağlamda hiyerarşik ve maddiyatçı toplumda sosyal olarak
yükselmenin yolunu ararlar. Sonuç olarak bu çalışma yüzyıldan yüzyıla ve de bir
kültürden diğer kültüre devam eden sınıf mücadelesini erkek karakterler
üzerinden Miss Julie ve Hairy Ape oyunları üzerinden incelemeyi
hedeflemektedir.

References

  • Beard, D. M. T. (2007). A Companion to Twentieth-Century American Drama. David. Krasner (Ed.) “American Experimentalism, American Expressionism, and Early O’Neill” (pn. 51-68). Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Berlin, N. (1982). Eugene O’Neill. London: MacMillan.
  • Bogard, T. (1972). Contour in Time. New York: Oxford UP.
  • Brugnoli, A. (2012). “Eulogy of the Ape: Paradigms of Alterity and Identity in Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape.” Eugene O'Neill Review. 33 (1), 43-55.
  • Chothia, J. (1989) Eugene O’Neill and The Emergence of American Drama. Marc Maufort (Ed.) “Theatre Language: Word and Image in The Hairy Ape” (pn. 31-40). Amsterdam: Rodopi.
  • Cohn, R. (1971). Dialogue in American Drama. Bloomington: Indiana UP.
  • Egri, P. (1984) Critical Essays on Eugene O’Neill. James J. Martine (Ed.) “’Belonging’ Lost: Alienation and Dramatic Form in Eugene O’Neill’s The Hairy Ape” (pn. 77-111). Boston, Massachusetts: G. K. Hall.
  • El Sanhoury, N. A. R. (1982) O’Neill and Intellectual Influences. (Unpublished Dissertation). State University of New York at Buffalo.
  • Hartman, M. (1966). “Strindberg and O'Neill.” Educational Theatre Journal. 18:3, 216-233.
  • Lamm, M. (1971). Strindberg: A Collection of Critical Essays. Otto Reinert (Ed.) “Miss Julie” (pn. 105-116). Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
  • Meyer, M. (1986). File on Strindberg. London: Methuen.
  • O’Neill, E. (1959). The Hairy Ape. New York: The Modern Library.
  • Shideler, R. (2009). The Cambridge Companion to August Strindberg. Michael Robinson (Ed.) “Miss Julie: naturalism, ‘The Battle of the Brains’ and sexual desire” (pn 58-69). Cambridge: Cambridge UP.
  • Stockenström, G. (2004) “The Dilemma of Naturalistic Tragedy: Strindberg's Miss Julie.” Comparative Drama. 38:1, 39-57.
  • Strindberg, A. (1958). Miss Julie. London: Penguin.
  • Templeton, A. (1990). “’Miss Julie’ as ‘A Naturalistic Tragedy’.” Theatre Journal. 42:4, 468-480.
  • Törnqvist, E. and Jacobs B. (1988). Strindberg’s Miss Julie: A Play and Its Transportations. Norwich: Norvik Press.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Creative Arts and Writing
Journal Section Literature
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Banu Öğünç 0000-0001-8794-7464

Publication Date July 11, 2018
Submission Date March 19, 2018
Acceptance Date July 4, 2018
Published in Issue Year 2018

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APA Öğünç, B. (2018). Where Do I Belong? Power And Class Struggle In Miss Julie And The Hairy Ape. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 17(3), 857-865. https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.407732