AN ANALYSIS OF THE PLAY SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AUTHOR-WORK RELATIONSHIP

Authors : Nergiz DEMİR SOLAK

Pages : 15-20

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Publication Date : 2023-03-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study focuses on how the relationship between fiction and reality is questioned in the work of Luigi Pirandello, one of the important Italian playwrights of the 20th century, Six Characters in Search of an Author. The metafictional and postmodern features in the play were tried to be explained through Roland Barthes\` \`Death of the Author\` and Michel Foucault\`s \`What is an Author?\`. In this postmodern work, in which the play-within- a-play narrative is explored in all its aspects, the adventures of fictional heroes in search of an author are emphasized. Luigi Pirandello\`s Six Characters in Search of an Author is evaluated as a work that is open to different interpretations as well as giving the opportunity to read / watch on stage Roland Barthes\` philosophical thoughts on an author, reader and text as a play.
Keywords : Tiyatro, Luigi Pirandello, Altı Şahıs Yazarını Arıyor, Roland Barthes, Yazarın Ölümü