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Дарио Фо и неговият „Grammelot“ – същност и сценична реализация
Dario Fo and His “Grammelot” – Inwardness and Scenic Implementation

Author(s): Elena Mincheva
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Theoretical Linguistics, Semantics, Translation Studies, Drama
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: Dario Fo; grammelot; “Mistero Buffo”; jesters; stage language

Summary/Abstract: The article introduces the history of creation, the content and messages of the work “Mistero Buffo”. The main task of the text is to clarify the origin and essence of the term “grammelot”, as well as to follow its use as a theatrical language by Dario Fo in “Mistero Buffo”. Some of the translation difficulties that would be faced by future Bulgarian translators are also presented. The paper sets the task, by presenting the specifics and implications of the work, to provoke interest towards it on the part of the Bulgarian public, as well as the translation and theater community, and alco to accelerate its popularization by realizing the need for it to be translated and placed on the Bulgarian stage.

  • Issue Year: 42/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 97-106
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English, Bulgarian
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