The Duality of Hope and Despair: Thornton Wilder’s Apocalyptic Vision in the Skin of Our Teeth (Umut Ve Umutsuzluk İkilemi: Thornton Wilder’ın Ramak Kaldı'daki Kıyamet İmgelemi)
Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth is one of the earliest precursors of apocalyptic themes in modern American drama. The play, written in 1942 when America was plunging into the enormity of World War II, criticizes the progress of humanity, life struggle, unity of American family, rise of techn...
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| description | Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth is one of the earliest precursors of apocalyptic themes in modern American drama. The play, written in 1942 when America was plunging into the enormity of World War II, criticizes the progress of humanity, life struggle, unity of American family, rise of technology and war using apocalypse as a metaphor. The focus of the play is on the Antrobuses—a typical American family with two children and a maid who have to survive apocalypses such as the glacier, the deluge and the war respectively in three acts. The recurrent image of apocalypse reveals a sense of both an ending—despair and a new beginning—hope. This study examines Wilder’s apocalyptic vision in The Skin of Our Teeth by comparing it to the traditional form of apocalypse which contains the duality of hope and despair. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4fbadb7d20784c9fb4c93bad86ebb9712023-02-15T16:08:50ZengDokuz Eylul UniversityDokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi1302-32842011-04-011328395The Duality of Hope and Despair: Thornton Wilder’s Apocalyptic Vision in the Skin of Our Teeth (Umut Ve Umutsuzluk İkilemi: Thornton Wilder’ın Ramak Kaldı'daki Kıyamet İmgelemi)Evrim Ersöz KOÇThornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth is one of the earliest precursors of apocalyptic themes in modern American drama. The play, written in 1942 when America was plunging into the enormity of World War II, criticizes the progress of humanity, life struggle, unity of American family, rise of technology and war using apocalypse as a metaphor. The focus of the play is on the Antrobuses—a typical American family with two children and a maid who have to survive apocalypses such as the glacier, the deluge and the war respectively in three acts. The recurrent image of apocalypse reveals a sense of both an ending—despair and a new beginning—hope. This study examines Wilder’s apocalyptic vision in The Skin of Our Teeth by comparing it to the traditional form of apocalypse which contains the duality of hope and despair.http://www.sbe.deu.edu.tr/dergi/cilt13.%20say%C4%B12/KOC.pdfThornton WilderThe Skin Of Our TeethApocalypseApocalyptic Literature. |
| spellingShingle | Evrim Ersöz KOÇ The Duality of Hope and Despair: Thornton Wilder’s Apocalyptic Vision in the Skin of Our Teeth (Umut Ve Umutsuzluk İkilemi: Thornton Wilder’ın Ramak Kaldı'daki Kıyamet İmgelemi) Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi Thornton Wilder The Skin Of Our Teeth Apocalypse Apocalyptic Literature. |
| title | The Duality of Hope and Despair: Thornton Wilder’s Apocalyptic Vision in the Skin of Our Teeth (Umut Ve Umutsuzluk İkilemi: Thornton Wilder’ın Ramak Kaldı'daki Kıyamet İmgelemi) |
| title_full | The Duality of Hope and Despair: Thornton Wilder’s Apocalyptic Vision in the Skin of Our Teeth (Umut Ve Umutsuzluk İkilemi: Thornton Wilder’ın Ramak Kaldı'daki Kıyamet İmgelemi) |
| title_fullStr | The Duality of Hope and Despair: Thornton Wilder’s Apocalyptic Vision in the Skin of Our Teeth (Umut Ve Umutsuzluk İkilemi: Thornton Wilder’ın Ramak Kaldı'daki Kıyamet İmgelemi) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Duality of Hope and Despair: Thornton Wilder’s Apocalyptic Vision in the Skin of Our Teeth (Umut Ve Umutsuzluk İkilemi: Thornton Wilder’ın Ramak Kaldı'daki Kıyamet İmgelemi) |
| title_short | The Duality of Hope and Despair: Thornton Wilder’s Apocalyptic Vision in the Skin of Our Teeth (Umut Ve Umutsuzluk İkilemi: Thornton Wilder’ın Ramak Kaldı'daki Kıyamet İmgelemi) |
| title_sort | duality of hope and despair thornton wilder s apocalyptic vision in the skin of our teeth umut ve umutsuzluk ikilemi thornton wilder in ramak kaldi daki kiyamet imgelemi |
| topic | Thornton Wilder The Skin Of Our Teeth Apocalypse Apocalyptic Literature. |
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