A Theory for Reading Dramatic Texts: Selected Plays by Pirandello and García Lorca

A Theory for Reading Dramatic Texts: Selected Plays by Pirandello and García Lorca
ISBN-10
0820423688
ISBN-13
9780820423685
Category
Literary Criticism / European / Spanish & Portuguese
Pages
185
Language
English
Published
1995
Publisher
P. Lang
Author
Catherine Arturi Parilla

Description

This book posits a theory for reading dramatic texts. It claims that the reading experience associated with narrative and poetry does not extend to drama; reading drama is unique. The event asks a reader to integrate two narratives, dialogue and notes, to engage in the ideation of sound, action and space in an immediate present, and to internalize a performance. Based on a phenomenological understanding of the reading process and a reception approach to literature, the book offers critical readings of Pirandello's "Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore" and "Enrico IV" and Garcia Lorca's "Yerma" and "La casa de Bernarda Alba.""

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