<i>Ashes to Ashes</i>: Dramatic Violence and Audience's Reaction

CHEN Hong-wei; WU Di

Volume 30 Issue 3

Jun. 2021

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CHEN Hong-wei, WU Di. Ashes to Ashes: Dramatic Violence and Audience's Reaction[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2014, 30(3): 67-69,118.

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CHEN Hong-wei, WU Di. Ashes to Ashes: Dramatic Violence and Audience's Reaction[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2014, 30(3): 67-69,118.

CHEN Hong-wei, WU Di. Ashes to Ashes: Dramatic Violence and Audience's Reaction[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2014, 30(3): 67-69,118.

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CHEN Hong-wei, WU Di. Ashes to Ashes: Dramatic Violence and Audience's Reaction[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2014, 30(3): 67-69,118.

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Ashes to Ashes: Dramatic Violence and Audience's Reaction

School of Foreign Languages, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China

Received Date: 2013-12-28
Publish Date: 2021-06-21

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In Pinter's late representative play Ashes to Ashes, the theme of violence has never been so ambiguous and complicated so far. Pinter has superposed his reference of violence on both the macroscopic and microscopic levels and added to ambiguity through the use of multi narrative perspectives, contradictory discourse and referential plots throughout the play. This article applies James Phelan's narrative progression and narrative judgment theory as well as Wolfgang Iser's readers' response theory to the analysis of Ashes to Ashes' dramatic presentation of violence, analyzing the audience's narrative judgment as well as their response to the theatrical presentation of ambiguity and complexity. This article tries to reveal Ashes to Ashes' dramatic charm.
- Ashes to Ashes,
- Harold Pinter,
- violence,
- theatricality,
- audience,

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