Francisco Nieva and Postmodernist Theatre

Klappentext Critical and conceptual, this study examines and advances the debate on postmodernist theater by presenting the works of Francisco Nieva as bona-fide examples of this avant-garde school. It also redefines the existing historical boundaries of literary postmodernism by asserting Spain's role in shaping that history through the 1940s neo-avant-garde movement known as "Postismo," which thrived even in the face of suppression from Franco's government. Through examples and analysis, the text argues that Postismo was the earliest systematic manifestation in the Iberian Peninsula of literary postmodernism as recognized today and that Nieva is not only Postismo's chief proponent but also its only legitimate playwright. Zusammenfassung "Francisco Nieva and Postmodernist Theatre" should engage with and advance the debate on the viability of postmodernist theatre in general by presenting the works of Francisco Nieva as a bona-fide postmodernist theatre formulated on avant-garde foundations.

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• Authors: Komla Aggor, Aggor Komla
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.02.2006
• EAN: 9780708319611
• ISBN: 978-0-7083-1961-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Spain, Theatre, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Theatre Studies, Spanish, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Francisco, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, Nieva, Postmodernist