Title: Absurdism and the Canadian picture of a communist dictator
Source document: Variations on community: the Canadian space. Otrísalová, Lucia (Editor); Martonyi, Éva (Editor). 1st edition Brno: Masaryk University, 2013, pp. 57-65
Extent
57-65
Stable URL (handle): https://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/digilib.81397
Type
Article
Language
English
Rights access
open access
License: Not specified license
Description
The paper sets out to define absurdism and then to explore the complex use of intertextuality and ambiguity in Canadian dramatist Sheldon Rosen's play Dying after Beckett: A Series of Arias and Interruptions, a drama centred on the Ceausescu couple. The paper will discuss absurdist aspects of this play, mainly Beckett's influence on Sheldon's vision and techniques dwelling on Waiting for Godot, but it will also analyze such intertexts as Shakespeare's Hamlet, Macbeth, The Tempest, Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, Wagner's Tetralogy and piano pieces by Schumann, as well as cultural allusions to the Bible and Christianity and the lay creed of communism.
L'étude essaie de définir l'absurde et explorer l'exploitation complexe de l'intertextualité et de l'ambiguïté dans la pièce du dramaturge canadien Sheldon Rosen La mort après Beckett: Une série d'airs et d'interruptions, drame centré sur le couple des Ceausescu. L'étude aborde les aspects absurdes de cette pièce, surtout l'influence de Beckett sur Sheldon en ce qui concerne sa vision et technique en insistant sur En attendant Godot , mais analyse aussi l' intertextualité avec Hamlet, Macbeth , La Tempête de Shakespeare, Alice au pays des merveilles de Lewis Carrol, la Tétralogie de Wagner ou les pièces pour piano de Schumann, de même que les envois culturels à la Bible et à la Chrétienté ou au credo communiste.
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