In this Book
- The Festive Play of Fernando Arrabal
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: The University Press of Kentucky
- Series: Studies in Romance Languages
summary
Along with Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco, Fernando Arrabal is a major exponent of the Theater of the Absurd. In this study Arrabal's plays are seen as a contemporary expression of a festive form of theater that flourished during the Middle Ages and that had its roots in the drama of Aeschylus and Aristophanes.
With this view of Arrabal's work, Luis Arata explores the nature of play in art in the light of Jean Piaget's psychology. He thus offers a new way to approach festive and playful art.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- p. vii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-6
- 1. The Form of Play
- pp. 7-25
- 2. Armatures
- pp. 26-40
- 3. The World in Pieces
- pp. 41-60
- 5. The Feast of Pan
- pp. 75-90
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 95-101
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813161921
Related ISBN(s)
9780813150956, 9780813194332
MARC Record
OCLC
560266487
Pages
112
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No