Misfitness: the hermeneutics of failure and the poetics of the clown – Heidegger and clowns

The article presents some Heideggerian ideas applied to the art of clowning. Four principles of practice of the clown’s art are analysed in the light of misfitness – a concept based on the clown’s ability not to fit into theatrical, cinematic and social conventions, thus creating a language of his o...

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Main Author: Marcelo Beré
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2022-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença
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Online Access:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/91658