“What is good for animals is good for men” : animalité et abject dans Found in the Ground de Howard Barker
This article analyses the analogies between Howard Barker's theatre of Catastrophe and the abject as defined by Julia Kristeva in Powers of Horrors through the study of Found in the Ground, a play where there are many animals on the stage. The play explores the contamination of humanity by anim...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centre de Recherche "Texte et Critique de Texte"
2016-07-01
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| Series: | Sillages Critiques |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/4476 |
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| Summary: | This article analyses the analogies between Howard Barker's theatre of Catastrophe and the abject as defined by Julia Kristeva in Powers of Horrors through the study of Found in the Ground, a play where there are many animals on the stage. The play explores the contamination of humanity by animality and can be defined as a « catastrophic » speculation on the Holocaust, making the reader and spectator experience the absence of meaning or « absolute meaninglessness ». Barker questions humanism and its discourse so as to redefine conjointly humanity and animality. |
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| ISSN: | 1272-3819 1969-6302 |