ART AND ACTIVISM IN THE WORKS OF HAROLD PINTER AND ARIEL DORFMAN
ART AND ACTIVISM IN THE WORKS OF HAROLD PINTER AND ARIEL DORFMAN

Summary/Abstract: The intention of this paper is to analyse the works of Harold Pinter, Ariel Dorfman and the artists they collaborated with, in order to see what kind of light they shed on the political and cultural events in Europe and Latin America from th 1970s onwards. The aim is to answer the question what made them decide to use their talent and their art not to entertain their audience but to engage it in their fight for truth, justice, and the right of all people to live and speak freely. The paper examines how they become artist and humanists American playwright Naomi Wallace celebrates as `dangerous citizens` by providing a more in-depth study of the ways they responded to the political events of their time, interacted with each other and conducted their explorations of reality through art. The focus is on the specific aspects of the political events that inspired them to become not only truth-loving artists, but also political activists.

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