ДРАМЕ ДЕЈВИДА МЕМЕТА: „ПРИЧАЛИЦЕ “ У ОНТОЛОШКО-ЕПИСТЕМОЛОШКОМ ЋОРСОКАКУ ИЛИ КОЛИКО ЈЕ НАШ БЛИЖЊИ КВАРЉИВА РОБА?
DAVID MAMET'S PLAYS: "TALKERS" IN AN ONTO-EPISTEMOLOGICAL IMPASSE OR TO WHAT EXTENT IS OUR NEIGHBOUR A PERISHABLE COMMODITY?

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the poetics of one of the most important contemporary American playwrights, David Mamet.It emphasizes the crucial importance of language, of both what is said and what is omitted in Memet's plays, referring to the existential and ontological questions raised by them and the interpersonal relations in hierarchical structures established by the phallic order. Memet's plays by general consensus considered best are recognizable by its aggressive machismo, often "all-male" cast, "filthy language" and an implicit critique of liberal capitalism. Susceptible to changes in the socio-cultural context from nineties onwards Mamet has turned to writing plays featuring various versions of "otherness" – gender, social, ethnic, racial, sexual, showing via this private "affirmative action" that there are (at least) two sides to every story but choosing to stay out of the story altogether, siding with none of the “perspectives”.

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