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A Profound Irrationalism Anchored in Postmodernism: A Study of Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party

Document Type : Original Article

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University of Tikrit-College of Education for Women-Department of English Language

10.25130/Lang.8.2.13
Abstract
This paper examines the presence of profound irrationalism in Harold Pinter's play, The Birthday Party, through the lens of postmodernism. The analysis draws on postmodernist theories of language, meaning, and power, to explore the ways in which the play reflects and critiques the socio-political context of the postmodern era. The paper argues that the play is an important work of postmodern literature that embodies the postmodern critique of rationality, reason, and truth. Keywords: Postmodernism, Irrationalism, Harold Pinter, The Birthday Party

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