Birthday party and one for the road: Reading from the stylistic perspective

Ömer Şekerci

doi:10.14687/jhs.v16i3.5677

Authors

Ömer Şekerci Süleyman Demirel University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14687/jhs.v16i3.5677

Keywords:

Dialogic texts, linguo-stylistics, language, narrative voice, PinterDiyalog metinleri, dilbilimsel özellikler, dil, anlatı ifadesi

Abstract

The paper aims to demonstrate some strengths and limitations of linguistic and discourse-based methodologies applied in the analysis and interpretation of texts which have been used for more than two decades. It argues that the interplay/contribution of linguistic and literary dimensions in the text organization is consensual. Pinter’s The Birthday Party (1958) and One for the Road (1984) are analysed and interpreted from the perspective of language dimensions, pragmatic functions, dialogic and polyphonic structure.

Özet

Çalışma, yirmi yıldan fazla bir süredir metinlerin incelenmesinde ve yorumlanmasında uygulanan ve kullanılan dilbilimsel ve söylem temelli metodolojilerin bazı güçlü ve zayıf yönlerini ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu çalışma ayrıca, metin organizasyondaki dilsel ve edebi boyutların etkileşiminin ve katkısının fikir birliğine dayalı olduğunu tartışmaktadır. “Pinter’ın The Birthday Party” (1958) ve “One for the Road” (1984) oyunları, dil boyutu, pragmatik fonksiyonlar, diyalog ve polifonik yapı bakımından yorumlanıp analiz edilmiştir.

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Author Biography

Ömer Şekerci, Süleyman Demirel University

Prof. Dr., Suleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of English Language and Literature

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