Cruelty and Desire in the Modern Theater: Antonin Artaud, Sarah Kane, and Samuel Beckett
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (607 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1611470447 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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But this only further strengthens his claims that Artuad’s mark can be seen on Kane and Beckett. Artaud’s concepts and the difficulties in presenting them onstage permeate all sections of the book. All three playwrights, and their characters, struggle with the difficulty of creating an individual identity in worlds dominated by language, but Beckett and Kane provide examples of how differently this struggle can be manifested. In all, De Vos leaves us with a much different sense of the Theater of Cruelty than we may be used to. (Comparative Drama)
. Laurens De Vos has published articles on modern playwrights and theater performances in Flemish and international theater magazines
Departing from a refreshing look at the ideas of Antonin Artaud, this book provides a thorough analysis of how both Sarah Kane and Samuel Beckett are indebted to his legacy. In response to these assertions, this book traces minutely Artaud's legacy for later generations. Making use of Jacques Lacan's psychoanalytical ideas as a theoretical framework, De Vos defines Artaud's project not so much in terms of blood and goriness, but rather as a theater of Passion, revolving around notions as desire, love and the subjectile, a concept that was drawn attention to by Derrida. The third part on Beckett focuses primarily on Krapp's Last Tape and Not I