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Nature and Technology in David Mamet's The Water Engine
In: Journal of the International Symposium of Students of English, Croatian and Italian Studies. / Ćurčić, Ana; Jović, Andrea (Ed.). Split: University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018. pp. 78-97. urn:nbn:hr:172:306573
Schneider, Judith

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Schneider, J. (2018). Nature and Technology in David Mamet's The Water Engine. In A. Ćurčić, (Ed.), A. Jović, (Ed.), Journal of the International Symposium of Students of English, Croatian and Italian Studies (pp. 78-97). Split: University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:172:306573

Schneider, Judith. "Nature and Technology in David Mamet's The Water Engine." Journal of the International Symposium of Students of English, Croatian and Italian Studies, edited by Ana Ćurčić, edited by Andrea Jović, University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018, pp. 78-97. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:172:306573

Schneider, Judith. "Nature and Technology in David Mamet's The Water Engine." In Journal of the International Symposium of Students of English, Croatian and Italian Studies, 78-97. Split: University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018. Accessed 2023 March 25. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:172:306573

Schneider, J. (2018) 'Nature and Technology in David Mamet's The Water Engine', in Ćurčić, A. (ed.), Jović, A. (ed.), Journal of the International Symposium of Students of English, Croatian and Italian Studies, University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Split, pp. 78-97. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:172:306573 (Accessed 25 March 2023)

Schneider J. Nature and Technology in David Mamet's The Water Engine. In: A. Ćurčić, ed., A. Jović, ed. Journal of the International Symposium of Students of English, Croatian and Italian Studies. Split: University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2018. Pp. 78-97. [cited 2023 March 25] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:172:306573

J. Schneider, "Nature and Technology in David Mamet's The Water Engine", Journal of the International Symposium of Students of English, Croatian and Italian Studies, A. Ćurčić and A. Jović, Eds. Split: University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018. [Online] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:172:306573 [Accessed: 25 March 2023]

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Title (english)Nature and Technology in David Mamet's The Water Engine
AuthorJudith Schneider
EditorAna Ćurčić
EditorAndrea Jović
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract (english)
Capitalism has become an everyday term in our modern lives. While the common perception is that growth, profit, and accumulation of all sorts are the most important factors for economy, this can only be so at the expense of some members of the society, most often the poorer laborers. The Water Engine, a radio and theater play by US author and playwright David Mamet, puts its focus on one of these workers, Charles Lang, whose dream is to escape from the claws of capitalism. Thereby, the play offers a depiction of interdependence between nature and technology, which is recognized by Lang, but which he cannot achieve. My paper will first show the different functions nature and technology occupy respectively, which are not fully divided, but rather merge at the end. Nature, for Charles and his sister, forms a kind of a utopian place of refuge, whereas technology represents the capitalist ideas of progress and suppression. In the end, however, it becomes clear that both nature and technology, the latter belonging to culture, are a part of the web of life and are therefore inseparable. It is the aim of the play to criticize the obsolete dualism of nature and society and to open our minds to a collaboration of humankind and environment in order to construct hope for a better future.
Keywords (english)
Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewPeer review
Publication versionPublished version
Publication titleJournal of the International Symposium of Students of English, Croatian and Italian Studies
Numberingno. 1, pp. 78-97
ISBN978-953-352-026-1
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:172:306573
Publication2018-10-04
ConferenceTitle: Second International Symposium of Students of English, Croatian and Italian Studies: Easy to s(t)ay?
Location: Split, Croatia
Organizer: Udruga iTHEom
Start date: 2017-10-13
End date: 2017-10-15
Assembly type: Lecture
Type of resourceText
PublisherUniversity of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Publishing placeSplit
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