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10153752.Pdf Hacettepe University Graduate School of Social Sciences Department of English Language and Literature English Language and Literature THE EVOLUTION OF DAVID HARE’S POLITICAL DRAMA AS OBSERVED IN FANSHEN, THE SECRET RAPTURE AND THE ABSENCE OF WAR Tuba Ağkaş Özcan Ph.D. Dissertation Ankara, 2017 THE EVOLUTION OF DAVID HARE’S POLITICAL DRAMA AS OBSERVED IN FANSHEN, THE SECRET RAPTURE AND THE ABSENCE OF WAR Tuba Ağkaş Özcan Hacettepe University School of Social Sciences Department of English Language and Literature English Language and Literature Ph.D. Dissertation Ankara, 2017 KABUL VE ONAY Tuba Agka§ Ozcan tarafindan hazirlanan "The Evolution of David Hare's Political Drama as Observed in Fanshen, The Secret Rapture and The Absence of War" ba§hkli bu ?ali§ma, 05.06.2017 tarihinde yapilan savunma sinavi sonucunda ba§arili bulunarak jiirimiz tarafindan Doktora Tezi olarak kabul edilmi§tir. Prof. Dr.A. Deni Prof. Dr. Huriye Reis (Balkan) Do?. Dr. Sila §enlen Giiven? Qvuuucluifio Yrd. Do?. Dr. Evrim Dogan Adanur Yrd. Do?. Dr. §ebnem Kaya Yukaridaki imzalann adi ge?en ogretim iiyelerine ait oldugunu onaylarim. Prof. Dr. Sibel Bozbeyoglu Enstitu Miiduril BILDiRIM Hazirladigim tezin/raporun tamamen kendi 5ah§mam oldugunu ve her alintiya kaynak gosterdigimi taahhiit eder, tezimin/raporumun kagit ve elektronik kopyalarinin Hacettepe Universitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitiisii ar§ivlerinde a§agida belirttigim ko§ullarda saklanmasma izin verdigimi onaylarim: 0 Tezimin/Raporumun tamami her yerden eri§ime aÿilabilir. ÿ Tezim/Raporum sadece Hacettepe Universitesi yerle§kelerinden eri§ime aÿilabilir. ÿ Tezimin/Raporumun yil siireyle eri§ime afilmasmi istemiyorum. Bu siirenin sonunda uzatma iqdn......ba§vuruda bulunmadigim takdirde, tezimin/raporumun tamami her yerden eri§ime a9ilabilir. 05.06. Tuba Agka§ Ozcan YAYIMLAMA VE FiKRiMULKiYET HAKLARIBEYANI Enstitii tarafindan onaylanan lisansiistii tezimin/raporumun tamamini veya herhangi bir kismini, basili (kagit) ve elektronik formatta ar?ivleme ve a§agida verilen ko§ullarla kullamma a?ma iznini Hacettepe Universitesine verdigimi bildiririm. Bu izinle Universiteye verilen kullanim haklan di§indaki turn fikri mtilkiyet haklarim bende kalacak, tezimin tamaminin ya da bir boliimunun gelecekteki gahÿmalarda (makale, kitap, lisans ve patent vb.) kullanim haklan bana ait olacaktir. Tezin kendi orijinal galiÿmam oldugunu, ba§kalannin haklarim ihlal etmedigimi ve tezimin tek yetkili sahibi oldugumu beyan ve taahhiit ederim. Tezimde yer alan telif hakki bulunan ve sahiplerinden yazili izin almarak kullanilmasi zorunlu metinlerin yazili izin alinarak kullandigimi ve istenildiginde suretlerini Universiteye teslim etmeyi taahhiit ederim. •Tezimin/Raporumun tamami diinya yapinda eri§ime acikibilir ve bir kismi veya tamaminin fotokopisi alinabilir. (Bu segenekle teziniz arama motorlarinda indekslenebilecek, daha sonra tezinizin eri§im statiisiiniin degi§tirilmesini talep etseniz ve ktitiiphane bu talebinizi yerine getirse bile, teziniz arama motorlannin onbelleklerinde kalmaya devam edebilecektir) oTezimin/Raporumun tarihine kadar eri§ime ayilmasini ve fotokopi ahnmasmi (I? Kapak,.................Ozet, Iijindekiler ve Kaynak£a hariÿ) istemiyorum. (Bu siirenin sonunda uzatma igin ba§vuruda bulunmadigim takdirde, tezimin/raporumun tamami her yerden eri§ime a9ilabilir, kaynak gosterilmek §artiyla bir kismi veya tamaminin fotokopisi alinabilir) oTezimin/Raporumun tarihine kadar eri§ime aÿilmasini istemiyorum ancak kaynak gosterilmek.................§artiyla bir kismi veya tamaminin fotokopisinin alinmasini onayliyorum. o Serbest Seÿenek/Yazarm Seÿimi Tuba AGKA§ OZCAN ETIK BEYAN Bu ?ali§madaki biitiin bilgi ve belgeleri akademik kurallar 9er?evesinde elde ettigimi, gorsel, i§itsel ve yazili tiim bilgi ve sonuflari bilimsel ahlak kurallarina uygun olarak sundugumu, kullandigim verilerde herhangi bir tahrifat yapmadigimi, yararlandigim kaynaklara bilimsel normlara uygun olarak atifta bulundugumu, tezimin kaynak gosterilen durumlar di§mda ozgiin oldugunu, Prof. Dr. A. Deniz BOZER dam§manhginda tarafimdan iiretildigini ve Hacettepe Universitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitiisii Tez Yazim Yonergesine gore yazildigini beyan ederim. TubaAGKA§ OZCAN v DEDICATION This dissertation is dedicated to my beloved husband Halil İbrahim and to my pretty son İbrahim Asım. vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to express my deepest gratitude and appreciation to my supervisor Prof. Dr. A. Deniz Bozer for her endless help, invaluable guidance and patience. Whenever I lost my way, she was always there to lead me to the right path. Her wisdom, always smiling eyes and unwavering support helped me all along the way. It has always been a great honour for me to study under her supervision. I wish to express my sincere thanks to my committee members Prof. Dr. Beliz Güçbilmez Altan and Assist. Prof. Dr. Şebnem Kaya for their invaluable contribution and for all their comprehensive advices. They have always supported me on this journey and helped me to continue my studies without any distraction. It is a great pleasure to acknowledge my deepest thanks and gratitude to Prof. Dr. Huriye Reis, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sıla Şenlen Güvenç and Assist. Prof. Dr. Evrim Doğan Adanur, whose valuable suggestions, comments, inspiring questions and guidance contributed to my dissertation. I would like to present my special thanks to TÜBİTAK, whose scholarships encourage not only me but also thousands of young scholars to go on their studies. I would not have started my PhD journey if it had not been for TÜBİTAK’s generous support. I am also grateful and indebted to the head of our department Prof. Dr. Burçin Erol for her unceasing support and encouragement all along my journey in the department. I also wish to thank all my professors for providing me with a great learning environment and for the everything they have done for me since my undergraduate years, Prof. Dr. Serpil Oppermann, Prof. Dr. Aytül Özüm, Prof. Dr. Hande Seber, Assist. Prof. Dr. Alev Karaduman and Assist. Prof. Dr. Sinan Akıllı. I also place on record my deepest sense of gratitude to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Richmond-Garza for her support, guidance and invaluable contribution to my dissertation. I am deeply grateful to her for accepting me as a visiting scholar to The University of Texas at Austin and to Harry Ransom Center, where I got the opportunity vii to do the most essential primary and secondary research for my dissertation. I would also like to express my extreme sincere gratitude to Prof. Dr. James Loehlin, who accepted me to his contemporary drama classes, and to all the staff in The University of Texas at Austin as well as in Harry Ransom Center for their hospitality and kind help. I would like to extend my thanks to my closest friends without whom it was not possible to survive this long journey. I am deeply grateful to Dr. Gülşah Göçmen for her endless support, sincere love and encouragement in academic and emotional terms. I am also indebted to Dr. Hakan Yılmaz for his congenial friendship and academic as well as emotional support. I would also like to thank Adem Balcı, who has been a great life coach as well as a sincere companion for me and who has always helped me with his brilliant ideas. I would especially like to express my deepest gratitude to my dearest friend Nazife Yaşar, whose love and friendship have always been a guide and light in my life. I would like to acknowledge with gratitude the support and love of my dear friends with whom I enjoyed my every day at Hacettepe University, Dr. İmren Yelmiş, Cemre Mimoza Bartu, Özlem Özmen, Pelin Kut Belenli, Ali Belenli, Dr. Oya Bayıltmış Öğütcü and Dr. Murat Öğütcü. I also wish to express special thanks to Necla Özdemir, whom I met in Malta but who has become a dear lifelong friend of mine. I am extremely indebted to my beloved parents, my first and most valuable teachers, Nezahat Ağkaş and Eyyüp Ağkaş, for everything they have done for me. Without their support, I would have never ever become an educated citizen with a sense of responsibility. While I was writing this dissertation, they were, as always, patient, helpful and kind towards me. I would also like to convey my gratefulness to my dear smart brothers Rıdvan Ağkaş, Samet Ağkaş and Ahmet Ağkaş for their love and endless support. I would also like to extend my thanks to my father-in-law İbrahim Özcan, mother-in-law Eşe Özcan and sister-in-law Yıldız Özcan for all their moral and material support. viii Last but not least, I wish to thank my dearest darling husband, Halil İbrahim Özcan, whose love means to me what the sun means to the earth, who never left me alone while I was fighting with the papers and who ceaselessly encouraged me, patiently supported me and deeply loved me. I would also like to thank our handsome and brilliant son, İbrahim Asım Özcan, for his invaluable love and for his patiently waiting for me to finish my studies. This dissertation would not have been possible without these two heroes of my life. ix ÖZET Ağkaş Özcan, Tuba. “David Hare’in Politik Tiyatrosunun Fanshen (Devrim), The Secret Rapture (Sessiz Ölüm) ve The Absence of War (Savaşın Yokluğunda) Oyunlarında Örneklendiği üzere Evrimi.” Doktora Tezi, Ankara, 2017. Bu tezin amacı David Hare’in politik tiyatrosunun 1970’ler, 1980’ler ve 1990’ların sosyal ve siyasal şartları çerçevesinde nasıl bir evrime uğradığını açığa çıkarmak ve bu evrimi yazarın söz konusu üç döneminin her birinden belirgin bir oyunu, sırasıyla Fanshen (Devrim) (1975), The Secret Rapture (Sessiz Ölüm) (1988) ve The
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