Celebrated Fragmentation: A Postmodern Study of Harold Pinter’s “The Homecoming”

Abstract

Harold Pinter's "The Homecoming" is a play celebrated for its use of fragmentation. The play is known for its fragmented language, structure, and characters' fragmented identities and relationships. Through its fragmentation, the play creates a sense of disorientation and uncertainty, highlighting the characters' struggle to make sense of their experiences and relationships with each other. Harold Pinter is considered one of the most influential British playwrights of the 20th century. His work is often associated with the literary movement known as "Theatre of the Absurd," which emerged in the 1950s and 1960s. Pinter's work has been associated with a number of literary movements, including Overall, "The Homecoming" is a play celebrated for its use of fragmentation, which creates a sense of disorientation and uncertainty central to the play's themes and characters. The play emphasises the characters' struggle for identity and agency in an often oppressive and patriarchal world through its fragmented language and structure