چکیده

Drawing principally from Henry Louise Gates’ conception of ‘Signifying Monkey’, Malachi Andrews and Paul Owens together with Roger Abrahams’ definition of this African-American concept, this paper aims to explore the ways in which Odysseus encounters the Cyclops, in Derek Walcott s the Odyssey: A Stage Version (1993). It examines Odysseus’ strategic conduct as well as his calculated use of language in the island of the giant Eye. It explores how Odysseus as a trickster challenges the authorial power of the Cyclops. Odysseus, who enters the Cyclops island as king, a mighty warrior, winner of the Trojan War, and sacker of Troy, senses total impotency before the autocracy of his opponent upon landing on his island. In spite of this imbalanced power structure, the giant Eye is eventually blinded and defeated by Odysseus who tactically and creatively challenges his totalitarian power. This is how through the figure of Odysseus, Walcott depicts the malleability of identity and the power of the disempowered. Odysseus, the Greek errant, similar to the displaced colonized and slaves, strategically deals with a rival mightier than himself and outwits him.

کليدواژه ها

Walcott, Odysseus, the Cyclops, Gates, Signifying Monkey

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Mehdi Pashapour , 1398 , Odysseus the Signifyin(g) Trickster in Walcott’s Stage Version of the Odyssey , اولين کنفرانس بين المللي مطالعات زبان انگليسي