التفاعل النصي في مسرح اللامعقول عند (محمد بايدور)‎

Abstract EN

Learners of literature agree that historical circumstances play a crucial role in the formulation of literary phenomena.

The best example in that regard is the effect of World War II (1939-1945) and the negative impact it had on humanity after Spiritual emptiness spread all over Europe.

Man lost his prestige and status in the world, especially after failing to ward the ravages of war off the human society.

Man, suddenly, found himself facing a horrifying illogical world.

These historical circumstances directed the minds of writers to rebel against the classical Aristotelian style of writing drama in terms of form and content.

A radical theatre led by avant-garde playwrights appeared and became known as Absurdist Theatre.

Similar to what happened in Europe after World War II, Turkey witnessed a military coup in the 12th of September 1980.

The Turkish people, generally, suffered its consequences especially the intelligentsia.

After taking several antidemocratic and restrictive actions, the most important of which is election suspension and issuing a new constitution in 1982 that increased the powers of the president with a military background.

These historical circumstances and the impact it had on the Turkish people such as losing the essence of their existence and the meaning of life.

Mixed feelings of alienation, despair, pain and sadness prevailed which led Turkish playwrights to Absurdist Theatre that focuses on existential anxiety which is expressed through illogical construction of the human situation.

Among these Turkish writers is Memet Baydur who is considered the most prominent Turkish playwright in the Eighties and Nineties of the 20th century because his plays focus on the awareness of the Turkish man and encouraging the audience to think to explore the contradiction of the Turkish society.

Memet Baydur was influenced by the pioneers of Absurdist Theatre especially the Irish playwright Samuel Beckett and this is evident in his plays that expressed his personal thoughts and the contemporary problems he cared about.

His play (Yalnizliğin Oyuncaklari- Dolls of Loneliness) was chosen because it is the first Absurdist play he wrote and the text structure of the play intersects with the text of Samuel Beckett's play Endgame.

This research aims at unveiling the aspects of textual interaction and intertextuality with the earlier text (hypotext) and the different intersections with the later text (hypertext) Dolls of Loneliness.

Benefitting from Gérard Genette’s Theory of Transtextuality especially the fourth textual relation in he poses which is Hypertextuality to identify everything that connects a text, whether in concealed or an obvious way, with another text.