From Saint Genesius to Kean: Actors, Martyrs, and Metatheater
| Reference Type | Journal Article |
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| Year |
2009
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| Journal |
Comparative Drama
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| Vol. |
43
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| No. |
1
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| Pagination |
19-44
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| Language |
Anglais
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| Publisher |
Western Michigan University
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| Place Published |
Kalamazoo, Michigan
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| Notes |
Qu’il s’agisse de l’époque baroque ou contemporaine, le dilemme de l’acteur-martyr serait de savoir s’il est possible d’atteindre le monde de la réalité à partir de celui de l’illusion. « [...] it seems that Genest, however sincere in his conversion, never leaves, indeed cannot leaves, the world of the theater » (p. 28). Dans Saint Genest comme dans Kean, « the actor who attempts to expose truth through metatheater to a theatricalized society is rejected and literally or figuratively martyred by that society » (p. 41). |
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