Pirandellism And Samuel Beckett's Plays

Thorough presentation of Pirandello's concepts of drama, reality, stage innovation, and parallels with the theater of Samuel Beckett.

Cover
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter One: PIRANDELLO AND PIRANDELLISM
- Pirandellism as Critical Term
- Drama, Reality, and Stage Innovation
- Pirandello and Beckett Parallel
Chapter Two: PIRANDELLO AND BECKETT: ESTHETIC RELEVANCE
- On Humor and Proust
- The Mirror Image
- Feeling of the Opposite
Chapter Three: DRAMATURGICAL FRAMEWORK
- Characterization
- Play-within-a Play
- Form-Content and Artistic Enterprise
- Dramaturgical differentiation
Chapter Four: THE UNREALITY OF THE REAL
- Philosophical Formulations
- Absence of Logic
- Epistemological Incertitude
- Fragmenting Wholeness/Elusive Meaning
- Multiple and Disintegrating Personality
- Real or Unreal?
Chapter Five: COMEDY OF SURFACE APPEARANCE
- Incongruity
- Tedium of Existence
- Vita-Forma Conflict
Conclusion
Index
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