«THEATRE WITHIN THEATRE» AND THE ANALYSIS OF THE SOCIO-CULTURAL SITUATION IN THE FRG IN THE 1980S IN BOTHO STRAUSS' GROTESQUE COMEDY «SPECTATORS» |
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| 2011 |
| scientific article | 830-32 | ||
| 247-251 | Botho Strauss, German Postmodernism, play field, «Theatre within Theatre», national code |
| One of the most exemplary plays of German Postmodernity with a marked cultural identity is «Spectators» (Besucher, 1988), a grotesque comedy by Botho Strauss. In keeping with their postmodernist specificity his works are based on the principle of non-selection. The comedy displays fragmentary, kaleidoscopic action typical of Strauss as a postmodernist playwright. Its seemingly unfinished and disconnected scenes are unified as parts of a single play field. |
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