Revisiting Harold Pinter’s the caretaker : a semiotic study of the dramatis personae
Other Title(s)
إعادة النظر في مسرحية الوصي لهارولد بنتر : دراسة سيميائية للشخصيات الدرامية
Author
Source
University of Sharjah Journal for Humanities and Social Sciences
Issue
Vol. 16, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2019), pp.1-34, 34 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2019-06-30
Country of Publication
United Arab Emirates
No. of Pages
34
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Abstract EN
The present article sought to offer a semiotic analysis of Pinter’s The Caretaker’s characters as signifers in their own right.
The article also aimed at studying the play’s dramatis personae as loci of multi-coded expressions, with a focus on the various modes of signifcation associated with them.
Using semiotics as an analytical method, the author explored the linguistic and paralinguistic features of the characters’ discourses as signs in relation to the play’s pivotal themes, their kinesic and body expressions as indexical signs, as well as their distinctive proxemic behavior(s) onstage.
Some attention was also given to the characters’ handling of stage props and the special meanings attached to them as replicators of character personality.
The results of the discussion showed that using a semiotic approach to analyze The Caretaker’s characters can yield positive outcomes in terms of comprehensive analysis and interpretation of the characters as dynamic unities of interrelated sign-systems.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Basbas, Khalid. 2019. Revisiting Harold Pinter’s the caretaker : a semiotic study of the dramatis personae. University of Sharjah Journal for Humanities and Social Sciences،Vol. 16, no. 1, pp.1-34.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-883729
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Basbas, Khalid. Revisiting Harold Pinter’s the caretaker : a semiotic study of the dramatis personae. University of Sharjah Journal for Humanities and Social Sciences Vol. 16, no. 1 (Jun. 2019), pp.1-34.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-883729
American Medical Association (AMA)
Basbas, Khalid. Revisiting Harold Pinter’s the caretaker : a semiotic study of the dramatis personae. University of Sharjah Journal for Humanities and Social Sciences. 2019. Vol. 16, no. 1, pp.1-34.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-883729
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 32-33
Record ID
BIM-883729