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Title RHIZOMATIC PLOT AND CHARACTERS: A SCHIZOANALYSIS OF MEGAN TERRY AND JEAN CLAUDE VAN ITALLIE’s SELECTED PLAYS

Author(s) NIDA BATOOL

Abstract This research focuses on the impact of postmodernism on drama and its constituent elements. Situating the selected postmodern plays in the theoretical concepts of rhizome, schizoid individuals and schizoanalysis research method propounded by Felix Guattari and Gilles Deleuze, the research investigates the narrative structure and characters of the selected plays. The research highlights the postmodern tendencies of non-conformity and inconsistency exhibited by the selected plays who have rhizomatic structures. This research also investigates various ways through which the selected transformation plays have challenged the prevailing realistic theatre characters. The postmodern dramas freely sabotage and violate the characterization norms hence, the concept of character is rather a controversial subject in postmodern action. The research substantiates this argument and affirms that characters undertake massive transformation in postmodern literature in accordance with the paradoxical and contradictory essence of postmodernism. Hence, they cannot be defined with regard to the conventions of characterization. Through these transformation plays, the playwrights have questioned the conception of a fixed, objective truth. The research validates that the American playwrights Megan Terry in Comings and Goings and Calm Down Mother and Jean-Claude van Itallie in Interview and Motel have attempted to create a unique Postmodern American identity and have revolutionized the genre of drama. Key

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Language English

Publication Date 2021-11-26

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