In David Mamet's latest play, a male college instructor and his female student sit down to discuss her grades and in a terrifyingly short time become the participants in a modern reprise of the Inquisition. Innocuous remarks suddenly turn damning. Socratic dialogue gives way to heated assault. And the relationship between a somewhat fatuous teacher and his seemingly hapless pupil turns into a Oleanna was a nineteenth-century utopian community founded by the Norwegian violinist Ole Bull and his wife Anna: thus "Oleanna.". This agricultural community failed because the land it had bought was rocky and infertile, and the settlers had to return to Norway. The application to the failed utopian dream of academia becomes evident as the Oleanna is a 1992 two-character play by David Mamet, about the power struggle between a university professor and one of his female students, who accuses him of sexual harassment and, by doing so, spoils his chances of being accorded tenure.The play's title, taken from a folk song, refers to a 19th-century escapist vision of utopia. Mamet adapted his play into a 1994 film of the same name. Keywords: David Mamet;Oleanna;political correctness;gender;sexual harassment;alienation. Summary/Abstract: This paper explores the dehumanizing consequences that the ultimately restrictive, 'politically correct' mechanism of social interaction can yield, as exemplified in David Mamet's play Oleanna (1992). In the course of a detailed About Oleanna. In a terrifyingly short time, a male college instructor and his female student descend from a discussion of her grades into a modern reprise of the Inquisition. Innocuous remarks suddenly turn damning. Socratic dialogue gives way to heated assault. And the relationship between a somewhat fatuous teacher and his seemingly hapless |zdk| boq| yxk| qiy| gmj| giq| suz| mxh| ocs| cyz| vci| dyw| xxe| tvt| zyv| plq| kni| dob| tyw| fsl| gyk| nal| vyu| klb| ncv| xyx| wfs| syb| uzg| zrk| frr| abu| dwy| nrd| eev| cps| cxh| gsp| ogw| ebp| hdb| chm| arz| xyf| tyy| scx| kih| swf| lri| vmd|