Magic Realism & Parental Love as manifested in Lyle Kessler’s Orphans

Misbah, Randa

doi:10.21608/jssa.2021.48091.1195

	Magic Realism & Parental Love as manifested in Lyle Kessler’s Orphans
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Article 6, Volume 21, Issue 9, December 2020, Pages 144-169 PDF (1.08 M)
Document Type: المقالة الأصلية
DOI: 10.21608/jssa.2021.48091.1195
Author
Randa Misbah^*
Department of Basic Science Faculty of Engineering- Delta University for Science and Technology, Gamasa, Egypt
Abstract
Lyle Kessler is an American playwright and actor. His play Orphans premiered at the Matrix Theatre in Los Angeles in 1983. It achieved international success. Orphans tells the story of two orphaned brothers who are banished from the world. They live in a dreamlike world where Treat’s, the older brother, overprotection leads to bringing up an adult, Philip, who is afraid of the outer world and prefers, unwillingly, to stay in the closet with his mother’s clothes rather than go out and experience the world. The play belongs to magical realism genre. It instigates audiences’ emotions in the 1980s, an era deeply influenced by prevalent capitalistic ideals. It moves from materialistic oppressive realities to magical dreamlike world, which gives hope and provides solace that lonely people will find someone who cares for them.
Keywords
Kessler; orphans; magical realism; reality; fantasy

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Magic Realism & Parental Love as manifested in Lyle Kessler’s Orphans

Allmann, Emma. “What is Magical Realism?” Book Riot. 2018. Available: <http://bookriot.com/2018/02/08/what-is-magical-realism/adefinitionandclassicsofthegenre.html> Accessed: 13/11/2020.

Craven, Jackie. “Introduction to Magical Realism; Daily Life Turns Magical in These Books and Stories.” ThoughtCo. Updated August 2019. <http://MagicalRealism-DefinitionandExamples.html>Accessed: 13/1/2020.

Drake, Sylvie. “Stage Review: Orphans; a Look at Love, Power.” Los Angeles Times 1986. <http://STAGE REVIEW_'ORPHANS'_ALOOKATLOVE,POWER-LosAngelesTimes.html> Accessed: 13/1/2020.

Freidman, Milton. “Freidman Doctrine—The Social Responsibility Of Business Is to Increase Its Profits.” The New York Times. 1970. <http://nytimes.com/1970/09/13/archives/a-friedman-doctrine-the-social-responsibility-of-business-is-to-html> Accessed: 10/10/2020

Holden, Richard. “Milton Friedman Told Us Greed Was Good. He Was Half Right.” UNSW Business School. 2020. <http://businessthink.unsw.edu.au/articles/economic-lessons-milton-friedman-50-years-on> Accessed: 10/10/2020

Illing, Sean.”Is Capitalism Worth Saving? A Debate with Economics Writer Steven Pearlstein.” Vox. 2019. <http://www.vox.com.2019/1/2/18130630/american-capitalism-neoliberalis,-steven-pearlstein> Accessed: 10/10/2020.

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