TEXT AND DIRECTION. BUILDING THE WAIT IN THE "WHO IS THIS IONESCO?" " Cover Image

TEXTE ET MISE EN SCÈNE. CONSTRUIRE L’ATTENTE DANS LA PIÈCE DE THÈÂTRE « QUI EST CE IONESCO ? »
TEXT AND DIRECTION. BUILDING THE WAIT IN THE "WHO IS THIS IONESCO?" "

Author(s): Bogdan Cioabă, Diana-Adriana Lefter
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Piteşti
Keywords: suspension techniques; gradual discovery; stage strategies; literary strategies;

Summary/Abstract: Our paper is a two-part analysis of a dramatic text - Who is this Ionesco?, by Richard Letendre - and its stage version in Romanian, signed by Bogdan Cioaba. The aim is to observe and analyse the construction of suspense and expectation by means specific to each art: the theatre and the literature. We start from the stated purpose of the play, which is a journey in search of a certain Ionesco, a journey that is built on waiting, on suspension, on the gradual, sometimes reluctant discovery of the identity of the designed person. We therefore want to highlight the textual and staging strategies on which this gradual discovery is based, until the final unveiling.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 33-39
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: French
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