Editorial: Peter Lang
Colección: Iberian and Latin American Studies: The Arts, Literature, and Identity ; 12
Número de páginas: 188 págs.
Fecha de edición: 25-12-2023
EAN: 9781803740911
ISBN: 978-1-80374-091-1
Precio (sin IVA): 56,52 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 58,78 €
This book explores Antonio Buero Vallejo’s use of the theater for historical memory activism and the role this function had in his formation as a tragedian. Buero’s early tragedies counter the assumption that Spaniards have only recently taken up the issue of recuperating historical memory in order to process the collective trauma of the Spanish Civil War and Franco dictatorship. Buero’s theory of tragedy, which combines an Unamunian existentialist conception of the tragic with an Aristotelian understanding of tragic catharsis, demands personal and historical authenticity while simultaneously allowing for the healing of trauma.