Approaching the theater of Antonio Buero Vallejo
Subtitle: contemporary literary analyses from structuralism to postmodernism
By: Eric W. Pennington.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780820488400
Subjects: Buero Vallejo, Antonio, -- 1916-2000 -- Criticism and interpretation
Description: "Universally proclaimed as the most important Spanish playwright of the last half of the twentieth century, Antonio Buero Vallejo was deemed by a Madrid theater critic to be the greatest author of theater since Calderón de la Barca. This book explores ten of Buero's thirty plays, utilizing literary approaches ranging from the traditional to the radical. It breaks new ground by indicating how contemporary analyses can extrapolate vital interpretations in addition to what has been previously observed in Buero's theater. Simultaneously, the study metonymically evokes the depth and breadth of the plays not studied herin, suggesting they hold unexplored treasures for prospective explorers of the playwright's work."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The times and their playwright; title: Entering the silences of Historia de una escalera; title: Las palabras en la arena and En la ardiente oscuridad : the Christian collective unconscious; title: The biblical archetypes of El concierto de San Ovidio; title: Music as polyvalent signifier in El concierto de San Ovidio; title: El concierto de San Ovidio : deconstructing western metaphysics and binary logic; title: Personal intertexts : the alcoholic impresario of El concierto de San Ovidio; title: La doble historia del Dr. Valmy : a view from the feminine; title: La doble historia del Dr. Valmy as subjective drama; title: Freudian fundamentals : life, death, and love in El tragaluz; title: From the periphery to the center : the forgotten muñeco of El tragaluz; title: El misterio de elche as polysemic intertext; title: Postmodern philosophy : the mercantile modernist versus the situated self in El tragaluz; title: The uchronian experiment of El tragaluz; title: Foucault on punishment : power and fear in El sueño de la razón; title: Deconstructing the soft bottoms in La fundación; title: Jungian psychology : the masks in Diálogo secreto; title: Re-affirming foundations : Buero's controversial premise in Diálogo secreto; title: Researching referents : art and music in Buero Vallejo's Diálogo secreto; title: Music and death in En la ardiente oscuridad; title: Misión al pueblo desierto : a farewell to arms.