Reassessing the theatre of the absurd [electronic resource] : Camus, Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, and Pinter /
by Bennett, Michael Y; ProQuest (Firm).
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BookPublisher: New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Description: 179 p.ISBN: ; .Subject(s): European drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Theater of the absurd | Absurd (Philosophy) in literature | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction : reassessing the theatre of the abusrd -- The parable of Estragon's struggle with the boot in Waiting for Godot -- The Pinteresque Oedipal household : the interrogation scene(s) in The birthday party -- The parable of the white clown : the use of ritual in Jean Genet's The blacks : a clown show -- Berenger, the Sisyphean hero -- Conclusion : theorizing a "female absurd" in Beth Henley's Crimes of the heart as a means of reassessing the theatre of the absurd.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : reassessing the theatre of the abusrd -- The parable of Estragon's struggle with the boot in Waiting for Godot -- The Pinteresque Oedipal household : the interrogation scene(s) in The birthday party -- The parable of the white clown : the use of ritual in Jean Genet's The blacks : a clown show -- Berenger, the Sisyphean hero -- Conclusion : theorizing a "female absurd" in Beth Henley's Crimes of the heart as a means of reassessing the theatre of the absurd.
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