Jan 8, 2009

Andorra | Andorra

At a glance:

Author: Max Frisch
First Published: 1961
Type of Work: Play
Type of Plot: Social criticism
Time of Work: The 1950’s
Setting: Andorra, an imaginary small state
Genres: Social realism, Drama, Problem play, War drama, Parable
Subjects: 1950’s, Discrimination, Europe or Europeans, Betrayal, Religion, Jews or Jewish life, War, Anti-Semitism, Truth, Carpentry or carpenters, Idealism, Soldiers
Locales: Andorra

Characters Discussed

Andri, a twenty-year-old who was brought up in Andorra (not the small European country but a “model”) in the belief that he is a Jew whom his foster father, the teacher, rescued from persecution by the “blacks” across the border. Since then, the Andorrans have forced him into the role of an outsider and to behave like their stereotypical notion of a Jew—a rootless, greedy, lustful, heartless, oversensitive coward. Learning that he is not a Jew exacerbates his confusion and anguish. Having been ferreted out by the totalitarian “Jew-detector,”...

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Andorra | Andorra

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Characters Discussed

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