Friedrich Dürrenmatt und das Risiko der exzessiven Abstrusität. Achterloo: eine fast unmögliche Lektüre
An objective perspective on the Achterloo “spiral”, a term used by Lutz Tantow so as to refer to the four versions of Dürrenmatt’s last dramatic text, must take into account, on the one hand, the ideatic and structural complexity of this work, and, on the other hand, the reception difficulties su...
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Editura Universităţii Aurel Vlaicu Arad
2014-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Humanistic and Social Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jhss.ro/downloads/10/articles/2%20Carasevici.pdf |
| Summary: | An objective perspective on the Achterloo “spiral”, a term used by Lutz
Tantow so as to refer to the four versions of Dürrenmatt’s last dramatic text,
must take into account, on the one hand, the ideatic and structural complexity of
this work, and, on the other hand, the reception difficulties such complexity
entails. One reception difficulty regards the “mobility” of this text: its constant
processing motivated by Dürrenmatt’s desire to improve the staging means, led
to four versions (out of which three were published), one more problematic than
the other. Another reception difficulty, which actually represents the core
aspect of our study, regards the dense intertextual network constructed in all
versions by means of the collage technique. In fact it is a huge collage
composed of three interdependent collages: one of them includes apparently
unrelated historical figures, another one deals with fictional figures of universal
literature (where some characters baffle) and, finally, a third collage includes
motifs and themes characteristic of Dürrenmatt’s dramatic work. If these
difficulties represent a challenge for the fields of Philology and Theatre, they
confront the public with an almost impenetrable wall, a consequence of
excessive abstruseness which, especially in the case of a play, may eclipse any
other qualities of the text. |
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| ISSN: | 2067-6557 2247-2371 |