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Neil Simon’ın Brighton Beach Memoirs Adlı Oyununda Geleneksel Üç Mizah Teorisinin Etkileşimi

Year 2022, Issue: 30, 503 - 518, 27.12.2022
https://doi.org/10.56597/kausbed.1175077

Abstract

Mizah/kahkaha insana dair bir özellik ve unsurdur. Hemen hemen her türlü sosyal etkileşimde gerçekleşir. Çoğumuz günlük rutinlerimizde komik bir şeye gülmekten kendimizi alamayız. Kahkaha, insanlarda ortak olan temel bir ifade biçimidir. Bu açıdan bakıldığında, Simon gülme unsurlarını eserlerinde ustalıkla kullanan en önemli oyun yazarlarından biri olarak kabul edilir. Simon Amerikan tiyatrosunun "gülme makinesi" olarak bilinir. Marvin Neil Simon (1927-2018), Amerikalı oyun yazarı, senarist, televizyon şaka yazarı ve Amerikan tiyatro tarihinin ticari ve sanatsal açıdan en ünlü ve başarılı oyun yazarlarından birisidir. Bu çalışma, Neil Simon'ın Brighton Beach Memoirs (1983) adlı oyununda üç geleneksel mizah/kahkaha teorisinin nasıl kullandığını ele almaktadır. Üstünlük Teorisi, Uyumsuzluk Teorisi ve Rahatlama Teorisi. Brighton Beach Memoirs otobiyografik bir oyundur ve Simon'ın BB üçlemesindeki başyapıtlarından birisidir. Bu oyun, üç geleneksel mizah teorisini nasıl ele alındığı gösteren yeterince zengin veriye sahiptir. Oyun Büyük Buhran sırasında II. Dünya Savaşı'ndan hemen önce bir ailenin hayatta kalma mücadelesini ele almaktadır. 1930'ların sonlarında milyonlarca insan birçok ekonomik sorunlarla yüzleşmiştir. Oyunda baba tüm kararları verirken, pasif agresif bir anne, kendisini ailesi için feda eder ayrıca oğullarını da sürekli manipüle eden bir figür olarak verilmektedir. Çalışmada dramatik metinlerin analizine bağlı nitel analiz araştırma yöntemi kullanılmıştır.

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THE INTERACTION OF THE THREE TRADITIONAL HUMOUR THEORIES IN NEIL SIMON’S BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS

Year 2022, Issue: 30, 503 - 518, 27.12.2022
https://doi.org/10.56597/kausbed.1175077

Abstract

Humour/laughter is a human entity and activity. It takes place in almost all kinds of social interactions. Most of us cannot help laughing at something funny in our daily routines. Laughter is the fundamental mode of expression common to human beings. From this perspective, Simon is considered one of the most significant playwrights who uses laughter elements skilfully in his works. He is called a “laugh machine". Marvin Neil Simon (1927-2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter, television joke writer, and one of the most popular and successful dramatists commercially and artistically in the history of American theatre. This paper aims to explore how Neil Simon uses three traditional humour/laughter theories: The Superiority Theory, the Incongruity Theory, and the Relief Theory, in his Brighton Beach Memoirs (1983). It is an autobiographical play and one of Simon’s masterpieces in Simon’s BB Trilogy. This play is rich enough to explore three traditional humour theories. It deals with one family’s survival struggle just before the World War II during the Great Depression. It was a time of hardships for millions of people in the late 1930s. While Father makes all decisions, a passive-aggressive mother is self-sacrificing and manipulates his sons. The study adopts the qualitative analysis research method incorporated into analysis of dramatic texts.

References

  • Bergson, H.(1980). “Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic”, in Comedy, ed. Wylie Sypher, Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp.59–190
  • Bryer, R. J. & Siegel, B. (eds.) (2019). Conversations with Neil Simon. Mississippi. University of Press Mississippi
  • Clark, M. (1970). “Humour and Incongruity”. Philosophy, Jan., 1970, Vol. 45, No. 171, pp. 20-32
  • Gregory, J. C. (1923). “Some Theories of Laughter”, Mind, Jul., 1923, New Series, Vol. 32, No. 127 pp. 328-344
  • Kulka, T. (2007). Kulka, T. (2007). “The Incongruity of Incongruity Theories of Humor”. Organon F 14, No. 3, 320 – 333.
  • Leggatt, A. (1998). English Stage Comedy 1490–1990: Five centuries of a genre. London: Routledge
  • Martin, R. A. (2007). The Psychology of Humour: An Integrative Approach. Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic Press.
  • Morreall, J. (2009). Comic Relief: A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humour. Chicago: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Nesin, A. (1973). Cumhuriyet Döneminde Türk Mizahı. İstanbul: Akbaba Yayınları.
  • Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (2000). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Simon, N. (1992). The Collected Plays of Neil Simon, vol. 3. New York: Random House.
  • Simon, N. (1996). Neil Simon A Memoir Rewrites. New York: Touchstone.
  • Stott, A. (2014). Comedy. second edition. London: Routledge.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Creative Arts and Writing
Journal Section Research Articles
Authors

Emre Şekerci 0000-0001-6161-5517

Erdinç Parlak 0000-0002-7184-8709

Publication Date December 27, 2022
Published in Issue Year 2022 Issue: 30

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APA Şekerci, E., & Parlak, E. (2022). THE INTERACTION OF THE THREE TRADITIONAL HUMOUR THEORIES IN NEIL SIMON’S BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS. Kafkas Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi(30), 503-518. https://doi.org/10.56597/kausbed.1175077