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Martin Esslin

    6 giugno 1918 – 24 febbraio 2002

    Martin Esslin fu un critico e studioso fondamentale che coniò il termine "Teatro dell'Assurdo". Le sue analisi esplorarono come questo movimento teatrale esprimesse un senso dell'insensatezza della condizione umana e l'inadeguatezza degli approcci razionali. Esslin indagò l'abbandono deliberato di dispositivi logici e pensiero discorsivo per trasmettere profondi temi esistenziali. Il suo lavoro illuminò le preoccupazioni centrali dei principali drammaturghi del XX secolo e i loro modi unici di rappresentare l'esperienza moderna.

    Friedrichs Dramatiker des Welttheaters Band 38. Pinter
    The Brecht Memoir
    The Peopled Wound
    Mediations
    The Field of Drama. How the Signs of Drama Create Meaning on Stage and Screen
    The Theatre of the Absurd
    • The Theatre of the Absurd

      • 480pagine
      • 17 ore di lettura

      "In 1953 Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot premiered at a tiny avant-garde theatre in Paris; within five years, it had been translated into more than twenty languages and seen by more than a million spectators. Its startling popularity marked the emergence of a new type of theatre whose proponents - Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, Pinter, and others - shattered dramatic conventions and paid scant attention to psychological realism, while highlighting their characters' inability to understand one another. In 1961, Martin Esslin gave a name to the phenomenon in his ground-breaking study of these playwrights who dramatized the absurdity at the core of the human condition." "Over four decades after its initial publication, Esslin's landmark book has lost none of its freshness. The questions these dramatists raise about the struggle for meaning in a purposeless world are still as incisive and necessary today as they were when Beckett's tramps first waited beneath a dying tree on a lonely country road for a mysterious benefactor who would never show. Authoritative, engaging, and eminently readable, The Theatre of the Absurd is nothing short of a classic: vital reading for anyone with an interest in the theatre."--BOOK JACKET.

      The Theatre of the Absurd
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    • Mediations

      Essays on Brecht, Beckett, and the Media

      • 260pagine
      • 10 ore di lettura

      Exploring the works of Samuel Beckett and Bertolt Brecht, this book enhances Martin Esslin's previous analyses by providing additional insights and context. It delves into the themes and innovations of these influential playwrights, offering a richer understanding of their contributions to theater. Through critical examination, it aims to deepen the reader's appreciation of their artistic legacies.

      Mediations
    • The Brecht Memoir

      • 121pagine
      • 5 ore di lettura

      A remembrance of Brecht and his circle during his wartime and postwar experiences.

      The Brecht Memoir
    • Eine brillant einfühlsame Studie über die ambivalenteste und wahrnehmungstechnisch faszinierendste Figur des europäischen Theaters des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts.

      Brecht
    • En 1953, la première de <i>En attendant Godot</i> de Samuel Beckett a eu lieu dans un petit théâtre avant-gardiste à Paris ; en cinq ans, elle avait été traduite en plus de vingt langues et vue par plus d'un million de spectateurs. Sa popularité étonnante a marqué l'émergence d'un nouveau type de théâtre dont les partisans—Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, Pinter, et d'autres—ont brisé les conventions dramatiques et ont prêté peu d'attention au réalisme psychologique, tout en mettant en lumière l'incapacité de leurs personnages à se comprendre. En 1961, Martin Esslin a donné un nom à ce phénomène dans son étude novatrice de ces dramaturges qui ont dramatisé l'absurde au cœur de la condition humaine. Plus de quatre décennies après sa publication initiale, le livre marquant d'Esslin n'a rien perdu de sa fraîcheur. Les questions que ces dramaturges soulèvent sur la lutte pour le sens dans un monde sans but sont toujours aussi incisives et nécessaires aujourd'hui qu'elles l'étaient lorsque les vagabonds de Beckett attendaient sous un arbre mourant sur une route de campagne isolée un bienfaiteur mystérieux qui ne viendrait jamais. Autoritaire, engageant et éminemment lisible, <b>Le Théâtre de l'absurde</b> est rien de moins qu'un classique : une lecture essentielle pour quiconque s'intéresse au théâtre.

      Théâtre de l'absurde