Performative theatre is one of the most important trends of our time. It is emblematic of the work of many European theatrical artists in the early twenty-first century.
Se il senso del tragico è una struttura permanente della coscienza umana, la tragedia è una forma in cui quella struttura storicamente si è tradotta. Sono stati la drammaturgia e la scena ad accoglierla e a esprimerla". Annamaria Cascetta indaga le diverse forme assunte dalla tragedia nel '900, individuando alcuni testi esemplari del rapporto ambiguo col limite che sembra essere una chiave per la comprensione e la sistemazione del fenomeno nel...
The idea of the tragic has permeated Western culture for millennia, being closely bound with the concept of the limit of inescapable necessity that has been embodied in and expressed through theatre since the time of the ancient Greeks. This book addresses the question of how the twentieth century - one of the most violent periods of human history - dealt with the fundamental structure that is the tragic. Examining the consciousness of the era...
The idea of the tragic has permeated Western culture for millennia, and has been expressed theatrically since the time of the ancient Greeks. However, it was in the Europe of the twentieth century - one of the most violent periods of human history - that the tragic form significantly developed. 'Modern European Tragedy' examines the consciousness of this era, drawing a picture of the development of the tragic through an in-depth analysis of so...