Power and Identity in J.T Roger's Oslo | ||
| مجلة بحوث کلية الآداب . جامعة المنوفية | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 19 July 2022 | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/sjam.2022.150479.1639 | ||
| Author | ||
| هدي سليمان محمد سليمان* | ||
| کلية الآداب جامعة المنوفية | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The complex conflict between Palestine and Israel captures the attention of the people around the world. This conflict dates back to the end of the 19th century. There were a lot of attempts made by Arabs and foreign leaders to solve such conflict and make peace on the land. In this respect, drama tackles the theme of the peace-making processes between the Palestinians and the Israelis. This is reflected in the J.T Rogers' play Oslo. Two main concepts are depicted in this study; they are power and identity (Fairclough, 1998, Wodak , 2012, Yilmaz, 2022) and how they are depicted in the play. In order to fully understand how power is practiced in the play, the study suggests the application of Halliday's (2004) conceptualization of the functionality of verb processes; the material, relational, and mental verb processes. Power is mostly mastered by two characters is the play; Mona Juul and her husband Terje Larsen who are two political diplomats in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The two characters play the role in facilitating the top secret channels between the Palestinians and the Israelis in the peace-making process between the two parties according to Oslo Accord 1993. In addition, the concept of identity is tackled in the study where it is observed that, the Palestinian identity is demolished by the Israeli representative and the description "terrorist" is applied to the Palestinian throughout his speech | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Conflict; Palestine; Israeli; Oslo; J.T Rogers | ||
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