A Study on Aesthetics of the Ugliness in Harold Pinter's Drama The Homecoming
In modern British dramatist Harold Pinter's drama The Homecoming,aesthetics of the ugliness is embodied throughout the play,in which Harold Pinter presents the absurdity of social life in an artistically ugly way through showcasing the characters pos-sessing considerable harsh and vulgar language as well as the behavior that subverts traditional moral concepts,which is contrary to the normal life style of civilized society.The heroine in the story searches up and down in the emotional life of marriage without knowing where to go,and finally falls into the net of depravation woven by society.For this play,most scholars pay attention to its ab-surdity and feminist themes,but few scholars pay attention to the way of the play,that is,the negative aesthetic art widely used in the play—the art of examining ugliness.Besides,literature is a metaphorical world.Harold Pinter utilizes metaphor to describe the un-equal relationship between males and females in the western patriarchal society by exposing the ugliness.It reflects his view on gen-der and his concern and sympathy for adverse circumstances of women in contemporary social life.
Harold Pinter's playsThe HomecomingAbsurdityFemalesAesthetics of the uglinessPerspectives on genders
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