Access Type
Online access to this book is only available to eligible users.
Files
Download Full Text (1.8 MB)
Description
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.
Luis Oscar Arata is managing director of the Paradox Studio Theatre in Milwaukee.
Publication Date
1982
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Place of Publication
Lexington, KY
ISBN
9780813150956
eISBN
9780813161921
Keywords
Fernando Arrabal, Theater of the Absurd
Disciplines
French and Francophone Language and Literature
Series
Recommended Citation
Arata, Luis Oscar, "The Festive Play of Fernando Arrabal" (1982). French and Francophone Literature. 2.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_french_and_francophone_literature/2
Consortium members may access while on their campus.
