Witches, Ranters and the Middle Class: The Plays of Caryl Churchill

Solomon, Alisa

doi:10.1215/00440167-12-2-49

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“…There is a quest for such a well-defined society since everything is upside down by the reversal of gender roles and thus the social life is full of chaos. Solomon (1981) interprets the end of the play stating that Alec embodies opposition to materialism and an "alternative to the challenged attitudes" (50), Kritzer (1991) interprets the burning house metaphorically "hinting at revolution and rendering moot issue of its ownership" (67) and points out that "the future in the infant career remains unresolved" (67). Wandor (1987) suggests that the personal is "hooked into the 'political' (power through ownership)" (122) thus power and the personal problems seem to be incompatible.…”

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Caryl Churchill'in Owners Oyununda Cinsiyet Rollerinin İhlal Edilmesi

Erkan¹

2018

Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute

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This study discusses Caryl Churchill's play Owners in terms of confusion of gender roles and capitalistic concerns through a socialist feminist criticism. The play is based on motherhood, social control, possession and material concerns. Marion's wish for an excessive possession and power brings greed and violence through subverting her feminine identity to quest gender roles. Male characters are submissive in contrast to Marion. Buddhist and Taoist philosophy in contrast to Western culture is expressed through the character Alec's passivity by exceeding his masculine roles. The depiction of the character Marion subverts the conventional patriarchal norms, still bringing no improvement for women in collectives. Marion achieves an individualistic material success when she exceeds her boundaries as a female and represses another woman. At this point analysing the play through the socialist feminist lens becomes meaningful in Churchill's depicting the egoistical figures like Marion that brings no improvement in women's social position.

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Caryl Churchill'in Owners Oyununda Cinsiyet Rollerinin İhlal Edilmesi

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2018

Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute

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“…An early example is Alisa Solomon (1981) which deals with this issue in four of Churchill's plays: Owners, Vinegar Tom, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, and Traps. In her study, she labels Churchill as a feminist and socialist writer who has the ability to "interweave historical data, dramatic representation, and the non-illusionistic theatricality of that representation" (54).…”

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Investigating Voice and Agency in Caryl Churchill’s Selected Plays

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2015

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İngiliz Feminist Oyunlarındaki Thatcher’cı Kadınların Sosyal Feminist Açısından Okunması

Ülker

2019

Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi

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This study focuses on the representation of women in British feminist drama that challenges gender roles and gets stuck in having obsessive power as an outcome of the policy of the first British woman Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The study discusses excessively ambitious women who question patriarchal order and subvert gender roles to get power and finally left alone on the top like Thatcher. Marlene in Caryl Churchill's play Top Girls, Marion in Churchill's play Owners, Mary Traverse in Timberlake Wertenbaker's play The Grace of Mary Traverse are discussed throughly. Marlene, Marion, and Mary are the representatives of the destructive effects of the ambition for power that characterize Thatcher's Britain. Socialist/materialist feminism is applied to the plays both to criticize selfish Thatcherite powerful women figures and to express the lack of collaboration among women to improve their position.

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Witches, Ranters and the Middle Class: The Plays of Caryl Churchill

Cited by 6 publications

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Caryl Churchill'in Owners Oyununda Cinsiyet Rollerinin İhlal Edilmesi

Caryl Churchill'in Owners Oyununda Cinsiyet Rollerinin İhlal Edilmesi

Investigating Voice and Agency in Caryl Churchill’s Selected Plays

İngiliz Feminist Oyunlarındaki Thatcher’cı Kadınların Sosyal Feminist Açısından Okunması

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