PIRANDELLO’S TRAGICOMEDY IN PROGRESS Cover Image

ПИРАНДЕЛОВА ТРАГИКОМЕДИЈА У НАСТАЈАЊУ
PIRANDELLO’S TRAGICOMEDY IN PROGRESS

Author(s): Ivo Tartalja
Subject(s): Other Language Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Матица српска
Keywords: Luigi Pirandello; Six Characters in Search of an Author; Comedy;

Summary/Abstract: Luigi Pirandello casually described his play Six Characters in Search of an Author as a „comedy in progress“ (commeda da fare). That author’s note served as a guideline for this analysis. In the chain of previous links that show the history of formatting of this play, two novellas stand out: The Tragedy of a Character (1911) and Conversations with Characters I an II (1916). While in novellas imaginary characters entered conversations with Narrator, in the play those characters stepped out in front of a theatre company, with the similar demand: to became heroes of a literary work.

  • Issue Year: 60/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 119-128
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Serbian