Oleanna (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: David Mamet
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Work: Play
- Genres: Drama
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Language or languages, Power, personal or social, Communication, College life, Violence, Sexual harassment, Students or student life, Telephones
In this play, sexual harassment is at the epicenter, but the harassment is dubious, interpreted, skewed, absurdly subliminal if even present, as each of the two characters—John, a professor about to take tenure, and Carol, a student struggling with more than grades—defend their interpretations of the language of the student-professor dynamic.
Confused and at the end of her academic rope, Carol comes to John's office to express concerns about failing his course. A male arm around female shoulders, a bargain to come to the office to learn all she can from all he knows, and the...
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