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Convention and transgression : the theatre of Emilio Carballido

Title
Convention and transgression : the theatre of Emilio Carballido / Jacqueline E. Bixler.
Author
Bixler, Jacqueline Eyring.
Publication
Lewisburg, PA : Bucknell University Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, [1997], ©1997.

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256 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  • Emilio Carballido is one of the most prominent, influential, and prolific of contemporary Hispanic playwrights. He has had a greater influence on Mexican theatre than any other dramatist in history, while outside his country he is known as the ambassador of Mexican theatre. The present study traces several specific dramatic forms over several decades and thus provides a solid basis for a comprehensive view of Carballido's dramatic evolution.
  • This study seeks to define and redefine the dramatic forms that he has reshaped to capture the ambiguous, complex, and changing nature of the modern world and human behavior.
  • Carballido's plays are a staple of the theatre scene in Mexico City and are also frequently staged in Europe, the United States, and throughout Latin America. He has written more than thirty full-length plays and more than sixty one-act pieces as well as movie scripts, adaptations, and works for children's theatre. More than fifteen years have passed since the last book appeared on Carballido's theatre, during which he has written a score of new plays.
Subject
Carballido, Emilio > Criticism and interpretation
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-252) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Emilio Carballido - the Person and the Playwright -- 1. Comedy Pure and Simple -- 2. From farsa de verdad to Farce as Facade -- 3. The Cross-Genre: From Tragicomedy to Contextual Drama -- 4. Mind over Matter: Fantasy and the Fantastic -- 5. History and the Constructive Imagination -- 6. Toward a Popular Theatre -- 7. Just One More Word on Yo tambien hablo de la rosa -- 8. Conclusions and Ellipsis.
ISBN
083875354X (alk. paper)
LCCN
97018859
OCLC
  • 36807108
  • ocm36807108
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries