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DECONSTRUCTIVE INTERTEXTUAL PRESENTATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL FRAGMENTATION AND ALIENATION IN THE SELECTED PLAYS OF EDWARD ALBEE

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).36      10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).36      Published : Jun 2022

Deconstructive Intertextual Presentation of Psychological Fragmentation and Alienation in the Selected plays of Edward Albee

Abstract

    This paper explores the deconstructive analysis of trauma and alienation keeping in view Julia Kristeva’s Theory of Intertextuality and Jacques Derrida's Theory of Deconstruction to analyze the selected plays of Edward Albee. This paper tries to establish a relationship among various aspects of old and new American Dreams, thematic explorations of different American Playwrights and the existential approaches of Albee and other contemporary American playwrights. This paper has tried to offer an analysis of the selected plays of Edward Albee (1928-2016) to depict the social, personal, and familial emptiness, psychological fragmentation and stagnation while exploring the multiplicity of the texts. This paper will help future researchers to appreciate the texts of different authors while applying deconstructive intertextuality. This paper will also help them to understand the multiple approaches of the texts to develop different theoretical interpretations.

    Deconstruction, Intertextuality, Psychological Fragmentation, Alienation, Multiplicity of Interpretations

    (1) Faiza Zaheer
    Assistant Professor, Department of English , Forman Christian College, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Ayaz Ahmad Aryan
    Lecturer, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Bahramand Shah
    Assistant Professor, Area Study Center, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Zaheer, F., Aryan, A. A., & Shah, B. (2022). Deconstructive Intertextual Presentation of Psychological Fragmentation and Alienation in the Selected plays of Edward Albee. Global Language Review, VII(II), 442-453. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).36

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Zaheer, Faiza, Ayaz Ahmad Aryan, and Bahramand Shah. 2022. "Deconstructive Intertextual Presentation of Psychological Fragmentation and Alienation in the Selected plays of Edward Albee." Global Language Review, VII (II): 442-453 doi: 10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).36

HARVARD

    HARVARD : ZAHEER, F., ARYAN, A. A. & SHAH, B. 2022. Deconstructive Intertextual Presentation of Psychological Fragmentation and Alienation in the Selected plays of Edward Albee. Global Language Review, VII, 442-453.

MHRA

    MHRA : Zaheer, Faiza, Ayaz Ahmad Aryan, and Bahramand Shah. 2022. "Deconstructive Intertextual Presentation of Psychological Fragmentation and Alienation in the Selected plays of Edward Albee." Global Language Review, VII: 442-453

MLA

    MLA : Zaheer, Faiza, Ayaz Ahmad Aryan, and Bahramand Shah. "Deconstructive Intertextual Presentation of Psychological Fragmentation and Alienation in the Selected plays of Edward Albee." Global Language Review, VII.II (2022): 442-453 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Zaheer, Faiza, Aryan, Ayaz Ahmad, and Shah, Bahramand (2022), "Deconstructive Intertextual Presentation of Psychological Fragmentation and Alienation in the Selected plays of Edward Albee", Global Language Review, VII (II), 442-453

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Zaheer, Faiza, Ayaz Ahmad Aryan, and Bahramand Shah. "Deconstructive Intertextual Presentation of Psychological Fragmentation and Alienation in the Selected plays of Edward Albee." Global Language Review VII, no. II (2022): 442-453. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).36