TY  - BOOK
AU  - Arata,Luis Oscar
TI  - The festive play of Fernando ArrabalLuis Oscar Arata
T2  - Studies in Romance languages
SN  - 9780813161921
AV  - PQ2601 .F478 2015
PY  - 1982///
CY  - Lexington
PB  - The University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Arrabal, Fernando
KW  - Criticism and interpretation
KW  - Dramatic works
KW  - Film adaptations
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Form of Play; 2. Armatures; 3. The World in Pieces; 4. Visions, Dreams, and Other Nightmares; 5. The Feast of Pan; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; 2; b
N2  - 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
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