TEATRUL CRUZIMII ŞI ÎNCHIDEREA REPREZENTĂRII
THE THEATRE OF CRUELTY AND THE CLOSURE OF THE PERFORMANCE

Summary/Abstract: Art is not the imitation of life, but serves as a source of inspiration to the extent to which it gives the performer the power to pass beyond the horizon of everyday experience. So, we can’t confuse theatre with mimesis, because the individual becomes just a representation of life. This way, we eliminate repetition, form perceived as the one destructive thing that dominates the artistic act, because its threat is nowhere so well organized as it is in theatre. According to Artaud, the removal of repetition is desirable, but it works without it, as is suggested by the fading of the logos, that must still be present on stage, because art can’t fall victim to the improvisational anarchy. The theatre of cruelty proposed by Artaudd, in order to exist and live, requires an outer lucidity identical to the reality of the magic of the dream, and the cruelty he was talking about is the very consciousness that gives life.

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