Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: POLITICS AND IDEOLOGY
Politics: Evolution in the Act of Governance
Ideology and Political Ideologies
Political Ideologies
Socialism and Communism
Republicanism, Laicism and Nationalism
Kemalism
CHAPTER 2: POLITICS IN DRAMA
Politics in British Drama
Politics in Turkish Drama
CHAPTER 3: BERNARD SHAW AND ORHAN ASENA
Political Evolution in Bernard Shaw
Political Evolution in Orhan Asena
CHAPTER 4: POLITICAL LANGUAGES OF SHAW AND ASENA
Political Language of Bernard Shaw
Political Language of Orhan Asena
CHAPTER 5: SHAW VERSUS ASENA
APPENDIX
SYNOPSIS OF ORHAN ASENA'S PLAYS
BIBLIOGRAPHY

About the Author

Önder Cakirtas is Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature at Bingöl University, Turkey. His major areas of study and research include Modern British, Turkish and Comparative Drama, and Political Drama.

Reviews

"Comparing Shaw with a Turkish playwright in the second half of the century not only gives the later dramatist a solid basis for discussion, it also demonstrates the continuing significance of Shaw's plays." Christopher Innes, Distinguished Research Professor, York University "It is quite a challenging task for an author to write about G.B. Shaw and Orhan Asena from such a fresh perspective. But Onder Cakirtas has succeeded with an arresting portrait of both playwrights" Omer Sekerci, Associate Professor, Suleyman Demirel University"