Drama Criticism | Artaud, Antonin - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Arnold, Paul. “The Artaud Experiment.” Tulane Drama Review 8, No. 2 (Winter 1963): 15-29.

Although supporting Artaud's vision, argues that the liberation from destruction and evil through engaging in “a time of evil,” which Artaud espoused, failed in theatrical practice.

Brown, Erella. “Cruelty and Affirmation in the Postmodern Theater: Antonin Artaud and Hanoch Levin.”Modern Drama 35 (1992): 585-606.

Considers the devaluation of the verbal in postmodern drama within the context of Artaud's elevation of gesture over language.

Brustein, Robert. “Antonin Artaud and Jean Genet: The Theatre of Cruelty.” In The Theatre of Revolt: An Approach to the Modern Drama, pp. 363-411. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1962, 435p.

Considers playwright Jean Genet as Artaud's heir.

Caws, Mary Ann. “Inappropriations: A Problematics of Response.”...

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