Eugène Ionesco

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Eugène Ionesco Criticism

Renowned for his profound impact on modern drama, Eugène Ionesco is a key figure in the "Theater of the Absurd," often compared to Samuel Beckett. His works delve into existential themes, exploring alienation, communication breakdown, and societal destructiveness. Ionesco's journey from Romania to France significantly influenced his artistic perspective, as his estrangement from his native language intensified his sensitivity to the inadequacies of communication—a theme prevalent in his early plays like The Bald Soprano, where dialogues break down into nonsensical sounds, as noted by John Lahr.

Contents

  • Principal Works
  • Ionesco, Eugène (Vol. 15)
    • Golgotha Again?
    • The Dance of Death in Modern Drama: Auden, Dürrenmatt and Ionesco
    • The Absurd Professor in the Theater of the Absurd
    • Bérenger's Dubious Defense of Humanity in 'Rhinocéros'
  • Ionesco, Eugène (Vol. 6)
  • Obituaries And Tributes
    • Edward Albee Salutes a Great Vaudevillian
    • Eugène Ionesco
    • Obituaries And Tributes
  • Ionesco, Eugène (Vol. 11)
    • Horst S. Daemmrich
    • Eugène Ionesco's Rhinoceroses: Their Romanian Origins and Western Fortunes
    • Edmund White
    • Ionesco and the Comedy of the Absurd
    • Judith D. Suther
  • Reviews Of Ionesco's Recent Works
    • Intuitions and Subversions
    • Non
    • Le misérable
    • A Pair of Despairers
    • La quête intermittente
    • Honours for a Mad Baby
  • Ionesco, Eugene (Vol. 1)
  • Ionesco, Eugene (Vol. 4)
  • Ionesco, Eugène (Vol. 9)
  • Ionesco, Eugène
    • Criticism: Overviews And General Studies
      • The Anti-Spiritual Victory in the Theater of Ionesco
      • The Theater of Ionesco: A Union of Form and Substance
      • Ritual and Poetry in Eugène Ionesco’s Theatre
      • Ionesco
      • Games and Plays: An Approach to Ionesco
      • Eugène Ionesco and the Dialectic of Space
      • Escape and Fulfillment in the Theatre of Eugène Ionesco
      • The Evolution of the Dramatic Technique of Eugène Ionesco
      • Ionesco: Paroxysm and Proliferation
      • Ionesco’s Later Plays: Experiments in Dramatic Form
      • Human/Non-human Relationships in Ionesco’s Theatre: Conflict and Collaboration
      • Irony in Ionesco
      • Scenic Metaphors: A Study of Ionesco’s Geometrical Vision of Human Relationships in the Bérenger Plays
      • Ionescoland
      • Ionesco and Tradition
    • Criticism: Author Commentary
      • An Interview with Ionesco
      • Why Do I Write? A Summing Up
    • Further Reading