Le trame simboliche archetipiche e le costellazioni del mito. La lettura di miti e simboli nell’opera teatrale di Wajdi Mouawad
The symbolic archetypal plots and constellations of myth. Reading myths and symbols in Wajdi Mouawad's play
Abstract
Pièces whose main theme is the search for maternal and paternal origins, “Littoral” and “Incendies” by the Lebanese writer Wajdi Mouawad, attempt, in a very unusual way, to revisit the great myths of ancient theatre. The dramaturgy of Mouawad can in fact be alongside the existentialist theatre that Jean-Paul Sartre defines as "théâtre de situations", that is to say that he explores "all the situations that are the most common in human experience", creating "des mythes [afin de] projeter au public une image agrandie et enrichie de ses propres souffrances". Moreover, Mouawad himself considers his work a "political théâtre", meaning by this to synthesize his deep commitment to the great ethical-moral issues that have always stirred the conscience of humanity.
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