Structural Value of Drama The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck Cover Image

СТРУКТУРАЛНЕ ВРЕДНОСТИ ДРАМЕ ПЛАВА ПТИЦА МОРИСА МЕТЕРЛИНКА
Structural Value of Drama The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck

Author(s): Jelena Đ. Vesković
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Other Language Literature, Philology
Published by: Универзитет у Крагујевцу
Keywords: M. Maeterlinck;bird;dreams;fairy tale;myth;archetype;drama;hunger

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, we try to show in what way Maurice Maeterlinck’s play The Blue Bird is constituted. The research will present how symbols and archetypes are set up within the dramatic action, and we will link their magical, mythical, psychological and social motivation of structuring drama as a whole, whilst attempting to define the genre of The Blue Bird. On the other hand, starting from certain assumptions of dramatic structuring in the theoretical sense, we will show how these assumptions are embodied in the elements of Maeterlinck’s play. Taking into consideration Maeterlinck’s philosophy that certainly includes the question of existence, we will view the motivation of the play which opens and ends with the mentioned question.

  • Issue Year: XVII/2016
  • Issue No: 61
  • Page Range: 137-152
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Serbian