Re-Thinking Character in the Theatre of the Absurd
Author | : Carmen Dominte |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2020-09-23 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1527559882 |
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Using the character as a central element, this volume provides insights into the Theatre of the Absurd, highlighting its specific key characteristics. Adopting both semiotic-structuralist and mathematical approaches, its analysis of the absurdist character introduces new models of investigation, including a possible algebraic model operating on the scenic, dramatic and paradigmatic level of a play, not only exploring the relations, configurations, confrontations, functions and situations but also providing necessary information for a possible geometric model. The book also takes into consideration the relations established among the most important units of a dramatic work, character, cue, décor and régie, re-configuring the basic pattern. It will be useful for any reader interested in analyzing, staging or writing a play starting from a single character.