History and the Individual in Iakovos Kambanellis
History and the Individual in Iakovos Kambanellis

Summary/Abstract: This essay deals with the reception of the concepts of History and the individual in the dramaturgy of Iakovos Kambanellis. As the current year marks the 100th anniversary of the author’s birth (1922-2022), it is a good opportunity for one to walk in the paths of his most brilliant work. Using the tools of the genetic interpretive, sociological, and socio-semiotic approach, an attempt will be made to render the most appropriate way of reading and receiving Kambanellis’ works, always in relation to the concepts of History and the individual and in comparison with the social and historical context of his time and his contemporary authors, Greek and European. The aim of this essay is to pay even the slightest tribute to this so talented and great playwright, who throughout the course of his writing career did not stop looking for new ways of artistic expression, giving as a gift to modern Greek literature, through his works, his wisdom for Man, life and History.

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