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Appunti. English Literature I
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- **Overview of British Contemporary Theatre:** Explores playwrights' shift from traditional naturalism and realism post-WWII, seeking new forms to articulate the absurdity of the human condition and address fragmented reality.
- **Caryl Churchill:**
- Known for formal experimentation, addressing social and political issues through dramatic forms, deforming world and word.
- 'Far Away': Highlights increasing tension, corruption of a child's mind, and the failure to connect politically. Employs contrasts and challenges perception of truth, using fables as a metaphor for societal lies.
- 'Drunk Enough To Say I Love You': Characterized by almost no punctuation/stage directions and parallel speeches. Critiques the American Dream and power dynamics, using Sam (USA) and Jack (Western world) as allegories.
- **Sarah Kane:**
- Associated with 'in-yer-face' theatre, presenting crude violence and raw reality.
- 'Blasted': Starts naturalistically but evolves into fragmented, brutal events, mirroring content through form. Challenges critics and explores trauma, violence, and the inability to ignore suffering.
- 'Psychosis': Her final play, identified as 'post-dramatic theatre', lacking traditional characters and featuring fragmented dialogue. Focuses on articulating the experience of a psychotic breakdown, emphasizing 'form is the meaning'.
- **Martin Crimp:**
- An experimental writer, part of post-dramatic theatre, advocating for an 'active co-writer' audience.
- 'Attempts on Her Life': Comprises 17 scenarios, with no consistent identity for 'Anne', exploring multiple visions and interpretations of a character influenced by media and commercial success. Questions audience expectations and reality representation.
- 'The Republic of Happiness': Examines the fragility of happiness and societal pressures, using satire and references to classic literature (Dante, King Lear). It features a reverse process of speaking then thinking, revealing absurdity.
- **Tim Crouch:**
- Draws inspiration from conceptual art ('An Oak Tree') to challenge theatre conventions.
- 'An Oak Tree': A Q&A dialogue exploring philosophical reflections on art and reality. Features a new actor each night unaware of the script, highlighting the transformative act of theatre and shared experience between actor and audience.
- 'The Author': Positions the audience as the main character, exploring the role of the author and actor. Uses meta-references (e.g., 'Death of the Author') and ends with the symbolic 'death of the author', emphasizing 'the writing is leaving the writer'.
- **General Themes:** All playwrights explore the limits of theatre, deconstruct conventions, the role of language in constructing reality, and the active participation of the audience in meaning-making.