Awareness Leaps in the Plays of Mohammad Yaghoubi

In a number of plays by Mohammad Yaghoubi, </span>discussed in this article, </span>he tries to display a kind of awareness leap in a series of human and social relationships through his signature dramatic elements. </span>These leaps in social relations are also in line with parallel historical leaps traceable in all his dramatic elements. </span>For instance, </span>in The Winter 66 </span>the historical leap arises from war conditions: conditions that cause uncertainties about the death and life of characters. </span>These uncertainties do not just emanate from offenses suffered outside the characters’ </span>household, </span>but also affected by their domestic uncertainties. </span>Yaghoubi depicts these internal disruptions in connection with external disruptions in a variety of forms. </span>For example, </span>with successive wobbles that is brought upon the fervent atmosphere of the household, </span>or interrupted, </span>recurring dialogues or with parallel narratives crossing each other from point to point.</span>
The theories adopted here are taken from concepts such as the configuration of knowledge or episteme, </span>archaeology, </span>genealogy, </span>discourse, </span>power and resistance, </span>offered by Michel Foucault, </span>the French philosopher, </span>historiologist and semiotician. </span>The questions raised in this study are first, </span>why Yaghoubi depicts awareness leaps in the everyday lives of the characters’ </span>social, </span>historical context? </span>Second, </span>how Yaghoubi depicts the awareness leaps in the various elements of his plays? </span>The purpose of this study is to reflect on the relation between drama, </span>history, </span>society, </span>and politics based on a well-</span>known theory. </span>On this basis, </span>the selected Yaghoubi works studied here are Drought and Lies, </span>The Only Possible Way, </span>One Minute of Silence, </span>and The Winter 66. </span></div>