On the uses of the fantastic in modern theatre : cocteau, oedipus, and the monster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eynat-Confino, Irène.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--Philosophy.

Theater.

Fantastic, The, in literature.

Fantasy drama--History and criticism.

Fantasy drama.

Physical Description:

vii, 198 pages ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

New York/Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

In this innovative reading, Irene Eynat-Confino offers an explanation for the higher effectiveness of the fantastic in theatre. Taking Cocteau's masterpiece The Infernal Machine as a case study, she also reveals that when the fantastic is introduced within a realistic context, it encodes and conveys unconventional notions. The book addresses such issues as identity, the Oedipus myth and Freud, homosexuality and homophobia, marginality, and the role of the artist in society.

Contents:

1 The Infernal Machine 5

2 The Sphinx 25

3 Laius, Tiresias, and Jocasta 45

4 Oedipus 57

5 Dramatic Strategies and Stratagems 77

6 Cocteau and His Monster 93

7 Visibility, Invisibility, and the Fantastic 111

8 Ethics, Alterity, and Designed Emotion 137.

ISBN:

0230608213

9780230608214

OCLC:

228671440