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Self from Selves -
A Study of Adrienne Kennedy’s Select One-Act Plays

Dr. Zulaiha Shakeel


Courtesy: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/in-one-act

Abstract

The title of the research paper is “Self from Selves: A Study of Adrienne Kennedy’s Select One-Act Plays.” The paper analyses the how African Americans had to overcome the hardships to survive, and during reconstruction too they continued to struggle to overcome the injustices and sufferings even as free men and women through the plays of Adrienne Kennedy. The paper also exhibits the role of Theatre as a reflection of the time, place, and social strata for the creators as well as for the audience being a heart throb of African culture which exposed its values.

The paper further studies the plays in terms of her attempt to locate herself from several selves and to connect to her Black counterpart and the Black cultural past. The research problem is based on the Black selves who are separated from their home and culture and are thrust into a totally alien environment by forced displacement and brutal enslavement. Africans were fragmented due to colonial power and influence. They had no option except to treat the trauma as a stepping stone to reconnect themselves with their past or by serving to link the Black families in America to its African counterpart. This is met in two levels – one is by reconnecting with their lost relatives and another with their past itself.

The main tool I have applied in my research is Homi Bhabha’s concept of mimicry as laid down in his “Of Mimicry and Man: An Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse.” The writings of all male and female Black writers reflect the progress of colonial relationship with a constant tension between the colonizer’s desire to dominate and the history of the colonized.

Study of the Black Theatre

During slavery, African Americans had to overcome many hardships to survive, and during reconstruction too they continued to struggle to overcome the injustices and sufferings even as free men and women. Former slaves drew the attention of the new generation of African Americans and inspired them to do the same. The first African American theatre was created by Brown in the year 1816-1817, which was the first professional theatre company in the city of New York. The study of the theatre cannot be limited to the study of theatre alone. The Theatre was a reflection of the time, place, and social strata for the creators as well as for the audience. The Black theatre was the heart throb of African culture which exposed its values.

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Zulaiha Shakeel, Ph.D.
Head, Department of English
TBAK College
Kilakarai 623 517
Tamilnadu
India
zoowasif@gmail.com

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