Ionesco tiyatrosunda uzamın fantastik yönü

Abstract

Eugene Ionesco, one of the important playwrights in 20th century theater, deemed innovative or absurd by some, reflects that which is internalized and that which derives from internalization in a fantastic manner in space. Space formulated through this internalization replaces the normal space in which social norms are acceptable and thus provides a fantastic space. Space looses its objective nature and takes on a subjective nature in accordance with the internalization of the characters and thus a fantastic space is created. In other words space displays a parallelism with the psyche of the characters. Internalized reality forms its own space within real space. In plays like The Bald Soprano,The Lesson, The Chairs this is a closed space from which the characters cannot escape, in plays like A Stroll in the Air and The Killer a objective space is abandoned for a spiritual reality. In Exit the King space does not reflect internalization but is the person himself. In Journey Among the Dead , Man with Bags and The Killer space is presented in a complex quality. Space takes on a known and unknown enigmatic aura and becomes a place the characters cannot escape.