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Illusion and Reality in Sir Alan Ayckbourn's Plays T.C. SELÇUK UNIVERSITY SOCIAL SCIENCES ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE ILLUSION AND REALITY IN SIR ALAN AYCKBOURN’S PLAYS: WOMAN IN MIND, JUST BETWEEN OURSELVES, PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES AND IF I WERE YOU Ebru YAYLA HINIZ MASTER’S THESIS Supervisor Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Gülbün ONUR KONYA, 2015 ii iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my special appreciation and thanks to my supervisor Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Gülbün ONUR for her guidance to me. I would like to thank her for encouraging my research and supporting during the research and writing process. I would also like to thank my committee members for serving as my committee members even at hardship and letting my defense be an enjoyable moment, and for their brilliant comments and suggestions. I have a special thanks to my mother İsminaz YAYLA, my father İbrahim YAYLA and my brother Emrah YAYLA for all of the helps that they’ve made on my behalf. I would also like to thank all of my friends who supported me in writing, and incented me to strive towards my goal. At the end I would like express my appreciation to my beloved husband Gökhan HINIZ who spent sleepless nights with and was always my support in the moments when there was no one to answer my queries. Ebru YAYLA HINIZ KONYA, 2015 iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Bilimsel Etik Sayfası ............................................ Hata! Yer işareti tanımlanmamış. Yüksek Lisans Tezi Kabul Formu ........................ Hata! Yer işareti tanımlanmamış. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .......................................................................................... iv ÖZET ......................................................................................................................... vii ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................. viii CHAPTER 1 ............................................................................................................... 1 SIR ALAN AYCKBOURN ....................................................................................... 1 1.1 Objective of the Study ........................................................................................ 1 1.2 Biography of Sir Alan Ayckbourn ..................................................................... 2 1.3 A Glance to the Reflection of His Life to His Works ........................................ 7 CHAPTER 2 ............................................................................................................. 10 COMEDY OF SIR ALAN AYCKBOURN ........................................................... 10 2.1. Differences in Sir Alan Ayckbourn Comedies Compared To the Other Comedy Plays......................................................................................................... 10 CHAPTER 3 ............................................................................................................. 12 ILLUSION AND REALITY ................................................................................... 12 3.1 Illusion.............................................................................................................. 12 3.2 Reality .............................................................................................................. 13 CHAPTER 4 ............................................................................................................. 16 SUSAN: MAIN FEMALE CHARACTER IN WOMAN IN MIND ..................... 16 4.1 Summary of the Play: Woman in Mind ............................................................ 16 4.2 Sir Alan Ayckbourn’s Point of View on Woman in Mind ............................... 19 4.3 Illusion and Reality in Woman in Mind ........................................................... 21 4.4 Man as a Disregarding Figure and Woman Disregarded and These Two Figures Depictions in Woman in Mind ................................................................... 54 4.5 Stylistic Examples from Woman in Mind ........................................................ 59 CHAPTER 5 ............................................................................................................. 66 VERA: MAIN FEMALE CHARACTER IN JUST BETWEEN OURSELVES . 66 5.1 Summary of the Play: Just Between Ourselves ................................................ 66 5.2 Sir Alan Ayckbourn’s Point of View on Just Between Ourselves ................... 69 v 5.3 Illusion and Reality in Just Between Ourselves ............................................... 70 5.4 Negligence of a Man and Neglected Woman in Just Between Ourselves ....... 77 5.5 Stylistic Examples from Just Between Ourselves ............................................ 79 CHAPTER 6 ............................................................................................................. 83 CHARLOTTE AND NICOLA: MAIN FEMALE CHARACTERS IN PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES ................................................................................. 83 6.1 Summary of the Play: Private Fears in Public Places .................................... 83 6.2 Sir Alan Ayckbourn’s Point of View to Private Fears in Public Places ......... 86 6.3 Illusion and Reality in Private Fears in Public Places .................................... 88 6.4 Man as an Ignoring Figure and Woman Ignored In Private Fears in Public Places ..................................................................................................................... 95 6.5 Stylistic Examples from Private Fears in Public Places ................................ 99 CHAPTER 7 ........................................................................................................... 102 JILL: MAIN FEMALE CHARACTER IN IF I WERE YOU ........................... 102 7.1 Summary of the Play: If I Were You .............................................................. 102 7.2 Sir Alan Ayckbourn’s Point of View on If I Were You .................................. 103 7.3 Illusion and Reality in If I Were You .............................................................. 104 7.4 Man as a Patronizing Figure and Woman Patronized in If I Were You ......... 110 7.5 Stylistic Examples from If I Were You ........................................................... 111 Conclusion ............................................................................................................... 113 References ................................................................................................................ 114 Özgeçmiş ................................................................................................................. 117 vi T. C. SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Müdürlüğü Adı Soyadı Ebru YAYLA HINIZ Numarası 104208002008 Ana Bilim / Bilim Dalı İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı/ İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı Programı Tezli Yüksek Lisans Doktora Tez Danışmanı Yrd. Doç .Dr. Ayşe Gülbün ONUR Öğrencinin Tezin Adı ILLUSION AND REALITY IN SIR ALAN AYCKBOURN’S PLAYS: WOMAN IN MIND, JUST BETWEEN OURSELVES, PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES AND IF I WERE YOU ÖZET Bu tez Sir Alan Ayckbourn’ un oyunlarındaki yanılsama ve gerçeklik olgularının incelenmesini ve özellikle ana kadın karakterler tarafından deneyimlenen ve erkek karakterlerin ilgisiz tavırlarından kaynaklanan travma ve psikolojik durumlarının ortaya koyulmasını amaçlamaktadır. Bu tezle hedeflenen söz konusu kadınların yanılsama yaşamalarının ve gerçeklikte hissettikleri kafa karışıklıklarının nedenlerini araştırma adına yöntem önermektir. Bu dört oyunda biçimsel analiz yöntemi kullanılarak yaşanılan çelişki detaylı bir şekilde incelenecektir. Dilbilimsel bakış açısı ve biçimsel bir analiz kullanılarak bu oyunlarda yer alan ana sahnelerdeki diyalogları, kadın karakterlerin bakış açıları ve diğer karakterlerle – özellikle erkek karakterlerle– olan ilişkileri alıntılanacak ve incelenecektir. Bunun yanı sıra tepkileri analiz edilecek ve söz konusu bireylerin ve sosyal çevrenin kullandığı dilin yanılsamayı nasıl tetiklediği ve karakterlerin nasıl bir psikolojik travma yaşadıklarını göstermek adına yapılan alıntılara yer verilecektir. Yapılan analiz bazı ilkelere dayandırılacaktır. Böylece bu çalışma, oyun yazarının yanılsamayı gerçeklikle nasıl bağdaştırdığı üzerinde yoğunlaşacaktır. Öte yandan tüm bu aşamalar, psikolojik bir çalışmayla da bağdaştırılacaktır. Anahtar kelimeler: Ayckbourn, drama, evlilik, gerçeklik, hor görme, If I Were You, ihmal, Just Between Ourselves, kara mizah, Private Fears in Public Places, yanılsama, Woman in Mind. vii T. C. SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Müdürlüğü Adı Soyadı Ebru YAYLA HINIZ Numarası 104208002008 Ana Bilim / Bilim Dalı İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı/ İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı Programı Tezli Yüksek Lisans Doktora Tez Danışmanı Yrd. Doç .Dr. Ayşe Gülbün ONUR Öğrencinin Tezin İngilizce Adı ILLUSION AND REALITY IN SIR ALAN AYCKBOURN’S PLAYS: WOMAN IN MIND, JUST BETWEEN OURSELVES, PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES AND IF I WERE YOU ABSTRACT This study is an argument of illusion and reality in Sir Alan Ayckbourn’s plays via exemplifying the main female characters’ traumas and psychology based on the disregarding actions of male figures against them. It aims to offer a way to look for reasons that lead these women to have illusions and be confused in reality. In these four plays, through a stylistic analysis, such discrepancy will be evaluated in detail. These four plays will be approached from a stylistic point of view in other words a linguistic perspective will be maintained. Major scenes from both works will be
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