The Dramatic Art of Athol Fugard - From South Africa to the World (Paperback)

This work analyses Athol Fugard's dramas, showing they are more than a dramatic chronicle of South African life and racial problems. Beginning with the specifics of his homeland, Fugard's plays engage issues of human relationships, race and racism, and the power of art to evoke change. It also demonstrates how Fugard's plays enable us to see that what is performed on stage can also be performed in society and in our lives; how, inverting Shakespeare, Athol Fugard makes his stage the world.

Considered one of the most brilliant, powerful, and theatrically astute of modern dramatists, South African playwright Athol Fugard is best known for "The Blood Knot", "A Lesson from Aloes", and "Sizwe Bansi Is Dead". The energy and poignancy of Fugard's work have their origins in the institutionalised racism of his native South Africa, and more recently in the issues facing a new South Africa after apartheid.

General

Imprint:	Indiana University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2001
First published:	September 2001
Authors:	Albert Wertheim
Dimensions:	235 x 153 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	273
ISBN-13:	978-0-253-21504-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General
LSN:	0-253-21504-8
Barcode:	9780253215048

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