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Yıl: 2023 Cilt: Sayı: Ö13 Sayfa Aralığı: 1279 - 1290 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.29000/rumelide.1379348 İndeks Tarihi: 02-12-2023

Shifting from Post-Truth to Truth in Jonathan Lichtenstein’s The Pull of Negative Gravity

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The concept of post-truth, popularised especially in 2016, exerts its influence across various areas from everyday life to diplomatic relations. Although its use and examination have notably increased in the last decade, the concept was used in the early years of the twenty-first century. For instance, during the 2003 Iraq War, both politicians and the ordinary public as well used this concept and produced both pro-war and anti-war post-truth discourses. Additionally, playwrights have represented post-truth discourses in their plays, both challenging prevailing political discourses and conveying their own messages through theatrical productions. One of these works, which scrutinise the post-truth discourses regarding the Iraq War, is Jonathan Lichtenstein’s play The Pull of Negative Gravity staged at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh in 2004 and published by Nick Hern Books in the same year. The play deals with the financial, familial and psychological difficulties of a Welsh farming family who sends one of their members to the Iraq War. The soldier’s experience of war and military service is glorified through post-truth narratives prior to his return from Iraq. However, upon his paralysed return from the war, the family members are compelled to face the undeniable realities, and all those positive discourses are replaced by factual truths. Thus, the play conveys to its audience/reader the message that emotionally-charged post- truth imaginations can be challenged through visible and objective realities. Considering such. Considering such viewpoints, the objective of this article is to examine both how Lichtenstein’s play unveils the post-truth discourses in the society concerning the Iraq War, and the strategy it follows to contend with such discourses.
Anahtar Kelime: post-truth Iraq War Welsh drama Jonathan Lichtenstein The Pull of Negative Gravity

Jonathan Lichtenstein’ın The Pull of Negative Gravity Oyununda Hakikat Sonrasından Hakikate Geçiş

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Özellikle 2016 senesinde oldukça popülerleşen hakikat sonrası kavramı gündelik hayattan diplomatik ilişkilere kadar birçok alanda etkisini göstermektedir. Her ne kadar son on yıl içinde kullanımı ve incelenmesi oldukça artmış olsa da kavramın yirmi birinci yüzyılın başında da kullanıldığı gözlemlenmektedir. Örneğin 2003 Irak Savaşı sırasında politikacılar ve sıradan halk da bu kavramı kullanmış ve hem savaş yanlısı hem de savaş karşıtı hakikat sonrası söylemler ortaya çıkarmışlardır. Bunun yanında, oyun yazarları da oyunlarında post-truth söylemleri yansıtmış ve tiyatro eserleri aracılığıyla hem mevcut politik söylemlere karşı çıkmışlar hem de kendi söylemlerini aktarmışlardır. Irak Savaşı hakkındaki hakikat sonrası söylemleri irdeleyen bu eserlerden biri de Jonathan Lichtenstein’ın 2004 yılında Edinburgh’daki Traverse Theatre’da sahnelenen ve aynı yıl Nick Hern Books tarafından basılan The Pull of Negative Gravity adlı oyunudur. Oyun, bir ferdini Irak Savaşı’na gönderen Gallerli çiftçi bir ailenin maddi, ailevi ve psikolojik sıkıntılarını anlatmaktadır. Asker Irak’tan dönmeden önce savaş ve askerlik hizmeti tecrübesi hakikat sonrası söylemlerle yüceltilmektedir. Fakat savaştan felçli bir şekilde dönmesinden sonra aile fertleri inkâr edilemez gerçeklerle yüzleşmek zorunda kalırlar ve tüm o olumlu söylemler yerini gerçeklere bırakır. Böylece oyun izleyicisine/okuyucusuna duygu yüklü hakikat sonrası tahayyüllerle, gözle görülür ve nesnel gerçekler aracılığıyla mücadele edilebileceği mesajını iletmektedir. Bu perspektiflerden yola çıkarak, bu makalenin amacı hem Lichtenstein’ın oyununun Irak Savaşı hakkında toplumda oluşan hakikat sonrası söylemleri nasıl gün yüzüne çıkardığını hem de bu söylemlerle mücadele konusunda nasıl bir strateji izlediğini incelemektir.
Anahtar Kelime: hakikat sonrası Irak Savaşı Galler tiyatrosu Jonathan Lichtenstein The Pull of Negative Gravity

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APA ÇAĞAN G (2023). Shifting from Post-Truth to Truth in Jonathan Lichtenstein’s The Pull of Negative Gravity. RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, (Ö13), 1279 - 1290. 10.29000/rumelide.1379348
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MLA ÇAĞAN GÜVEN Shifting from Post-Truth to Truth in Jonathan Lichtenstein’s The Pull of Negative Gravity. RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol., no.Ö13, 2023, ss.1279 - 1290. 10.29000/rumelide.1379348
AMA ÇAĞAN G Shifting from Post-Truth to Truth in Jonathan Lichtenstein’s The Pull of Negative Gravity. RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2023; (Ö13): 1279 - 1290. 10.29000/rumelide.1379348
Vancouver ÇAĞAN G Shifting from Post-Truth to Truth in Jonathan Lichtenstein’s The Pull of Negative Gravity. RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2023; (Ö13): 1279 - 1290. 10.29000/rumelide.1379348
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ISNAD ÇAĞAN, GÜVEN. "Shifting from Post-Truth to Truth in Jonathan Lichtenstein’s The Pull of Negative Gravity". RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi Ö13 (2023), 1279-1290. https://doi.org/10.29000/rumelide.1379348