Theatrical Writing. The Blind: A Symbolist Tragedy

In the present text, I present The blind by Maurice Maeterlink as a “Greek tragedy”. In dramatic terms, it presents the languor and existential faintness of men, the helplessness and orphanage in which he finds himself before an incomprehensible, depressive and dark design. Arguments are based on th...

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Autores:
Sánchez Vanegas, Mario
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2018
Institución:
Universidad de Medellín
Repositorio:
Repositorio UDEM
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.udem.edu.co:11407/5431
Acceso en línea:
https://revistas.udem.edu.co/index.php/Ciencias_Sociales/article/view/2805
http://hdl.handle.net/11407/5431
https://doi.org/10.22395/csye.v7n13a6
Palabra clave:
The blind
Maurice Maeterlinck
Symbolism
Static theatre
Greek tragedy
Friedrich Nietzsche
Os cegos
Maurice Maeterlinck
Simbolismo
Teatro estático
Tragédia grega
Friedrich Nietzsche
Los ciegos
Maurice Maeterlinck
Simbolismo
Teatro estático
Tragedia griega
Friedrich Nietzsche
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
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Summary:In the present text, I present The blind by Maurice Maeterlink as a “Greek tragedy”. In dramatic terms, it presents the languor and existential faintness of men, the helplessness and orphanage in which he finds himself before an incomprehensible, depressive and dark design. Arguments are based on the importance that Nietzsche assigns to the choir, as an Apollonian role to make suffering explicit. Likewise, I propose that Maeterlinck does not hesitate to make a great chorus of this piece that proclaims the truth of the world, one of “the frightful and absurd of being”.