초록

In Action, Sam Shepard experiments with different methods to achieve a stable identity through three characters Shooter’s, Jeep’s, and Lupe’s existential searches. Jeep uses the images he learned from his culture in understanding and evaluating everything and everyone around him. Shooter attempts to deny his present identity and to construct a new one by denying his own memories. However, he cannot eliminate his own self-perception which asserts the continuity of his own mind. Finally, Lupe tries to find her own self and her place in the world through her observation of the other characters. However, they cannot present her any meaningful way to find her place, and Lupe’s attempt fails. In this play, Shepard’s approach to the problem of identity in close relation with vision and visual elements should be understood in the context of the twentieth-century visual culture in general.

키워드

American Drama, Sam Shepard, Action, Identity, Vision

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