Mobilité, espace et temps dans L’Homme du hasard de Yasmina Reza

The Unexpected man by Yasmina Reza features two characters, a man and a woman, sitting face to face in a train. The man is an author, a renowed novelist, Mr. Parsky, and Martha, one of his assiduous readers. They have never seen each other. The dramatic tension of the play is focused on one question...

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Main Author: Alice Bouchetard
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Published: Conserveries Mémorielles 2015-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cm/2112
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description The Unexpected man by Yasmina Reza features two characters, a man and a woman, sitting face to face in a train. The man is an author, a renowed novelist, Mr. Parsky, and Martha, one of his assiduous readers. They have never seen each other. The dramatic tension of the play is focused on one question : Will this woman make this man know she knows who he is ? The location of the action makes sens, it protects the protagonists (the outside is an object of contemplation and can’t disrupt Martha’s plans), but this honeymoon period is limited : as the miles are driven, the urgency is becoming obvious. In this protected and yet limited time, the characters think about their past, giving the play a very important memorial dimension. One shall see how the construction of the piece, the plot development and the characterization of the characters are inextricably linked to this situational framework. Within the treatrical æsthetic, the journey by train determines each element of The Unexpected man.
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spelling doaj-art-b59cef51695746dd95f2098cd5d615ec2025-02-05T16:16:46ZdeuConserveries MémoriellesConserveries Mémorielles1718-55562015-06-01Mobilité, espace et temps dans L’Homme du hasard de Yasmina RezaAlice BouchetardThe Unexpected man by Yasmina Reza features two characters, a man and a woman, sitting face to face in a train. The man is an author, a renowed novelist, Mr. Parsky, and Martha, one of his assiduous readers. They have never seen each other. The dramatic tension of the play is focused on one question : Will this woman make this man know she knows who he is ? The location of the action makes sens, it protects the protagonists (the outside is an object of contemplation and can’t disrupt Martha’s plans), but this honeymoon period is limited : as the miles are driven, the urgency is becoming obvious. In this protected and yet limited time, the characters think about their past, giving the play a very important memorial dimension. One shall see how the construction of the piece, the plot development and the characterization of the characters are inextricably linked to this situational framework. Within the treatrical æsthetic, the journey by train determines each element of The Unexpected man.https://journals.openedition.org/cm/2112MemoryYasmina RezaTrainActionInterior monologueMichel Butor
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Mobilité, espace et temps dans L’Homme du hasard de Yasmina Reza
Conserveries Mémorielles
Memory
Yasmina Reza
Train
Action
Interior monologue
Michel Butor
title Mobilité, espace et temps dans L’Homme du hasard de Yasmina Reza
title_full Mobilité, espace et temps dans L’Homme du hasard de Yasmina Reza
title_fullStr Mobilité, espace et temps dans L’Homme du hasard de Yasmina Reza
title_full_unstemmed Mobilité, espace et temps dans L’Homme du hasard de Yasmina Reza
title_short Mobilité, espace et temps dans L’Homme du hasard de Yasmina Reza
title_sort mobilite espace et temps dans l homme du hasard de yasmina reza
topic Memory
Yasmina Reza
Train
Action
Interior monologue
Michel Butor
url https://journals.openedition.org/cm/2112
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