The dramatic value of “pauses” in Harold Pinter's the room

Other Title(s)

القيمة المسرحية للوقفات في مسرحية "الغرفة" لهارولد بنتر

Author

Muhayl, Basuad Mahir

Source

مجلة الأستاذ للعلوم الإنسانية و الاجتماعية : مجلة علمية محكمة فصلية

Publisher

University of Baghdad College of Education for Human Science / Ibn Rushd

Publication Date

2017-12-31

Country of Publication

Iraq

No. of Pages

18

Main Subjects

Literature

English Abstract

Harold Pinter’s The Room (1957) clearly portrays a lack of communication among the characters of the play which refers to the condition of modern man.

This failure of communication led Harold Pinter to use a lot of pauses and silences in all the plays he wrote instead of words.

Samuel Beckett preceded Pinter in doing so in his plays since both of them belonged to the Absurd Theatre and one way to express the bewilderment of modern man during the 20th century is through the use of no language in the dramatic works.

Language is no more important to modern man; instead, he uses silence to express his feelings.

Silence is more powerful than the words themselves.

That’s why long and short pauses can be seen throughout all Pinter’s plays.

This paper deals with Harold Pinter as a great British playwright who has his own unique style that is called Pinteresque, his language, and how he uses silences and pauses in his play The Room.

It consists of an abstract, Pinter’s comedy of menace, his play The Room, and a conclusion.

Data Type

Conference Papers

Record ID

BIM-802950

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