Albee?nin absürt oyunlarındaki değişen erkeklik ve kadınlık sosyal değerlerinin ?Amerikan rüyası?nın hayali gerçekliği bakımından sunumu

The present thesis, entitled ?The Presentation of Changing Social Values of Masculinity And Femininity In Accordance With The Illusionary Reality of ?American Dream? In Edward Albee?s Absurdist Plays?, is a research on the status of masculinity and femininity in the plays of American Absurdist playwright, Edward Albee.The starting point of the present study is our consideration of the male myth in American culture and its mutually chancing social values of masculinity and femininity in American culture in relation to the Theatre of the Absurd which is expressed primarily in the plays The Zoo Story and The American Dream by Edward Albee.In the first chapter of the of our study, entitled The Concept of Absurd and The Theatre of Absurd we have attempted to discuss the Theatre of The Absurd and its historical lineage in accordance with the main European representatives. Albee?s biography and dramaturgy, along with his major works, are also presented in the first chapter. Our second chapter, entitled The Concept of Masculinity in Edward Albee?s Absurdist Drama presents the changing social values of masculinity and femininity in the American society by taking and illustrating parts from The Zoo Story and American Dream as revealing Albee?s concerns about the American society, the ways in which he deals with concepts of masculinity and femininity in relation to American dream as an important aspect of his works.