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La guerre au théâtre: stratégie et dramaturgie
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Westphal, Bertrand |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Abstract | This paper ponders over the paradox of the representation of war on stage. Martial space and scenic space are almost irreconciliable due to their intrinsic traits (among others, the former’s centrifugal tendency and the latter’s centripetal one). To solve this paradox, playwrights have developed poeticrhetoric strategies like metaphor, metonymy, and off-stage. In addition, the stage which stands as the space of representation, at the same time communicates with an outer space beyond itself, which is not always made explicit. It is due to this bond that the representation of war is crossed by a series of mediations. First, the circulation of that which “floats” between the stage and the off-stage, and which the tropoi (metaphor, metonymy) allow to retrieve, at least virtually. Second, the vestige of the war event, inscribed in History, which as such vestige oscillates between presence and absence. Finally, the restrictions of drama itself, and its ethic and aesthetic principles, which transform war into its spontaneous modes of manifestation. This paper analyzes these instances in the works of Aeschylus, Shakespeare, and Genet. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://bdigital.uncu.edu.ar/objetos_digitales/137/Westphal%20RLM34.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
