The Festive Play of Fernando Arrabal

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.

Author: Luis Oscar Arata
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.27d
ISBN: 9780813150956

About the Author

Luis Oscar Arata is managing director of the Paradox Studio Theatre in Milwaukee.

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