Étranger et étrange dans le théâtre francophone des années 1950-60: Arrabal, Beckett, De Obaldia et Ionesco / Strange and Stranger in the Francophone Theater of the 1950s and 1960s: Arrabal, Beckett, De Obaldia and Ionesco

A large number of young playwrights flourished in France in the '50s and '60s. They revolutionized theater by constantly questioning its very foundation through examination of the link between language, comprehension of the world, and defining one’s identity. The leaders of this movement, called "absurdist theater," were foreigners. Through close readings, this course will establish the links between the fact they were "strangers," the ever present theme of "the strange" in their plays, and their constant questioning of language as a tool on their ontological quest.

Texts : Arrabal, F L'Architecte et l'Empereur d'Assyrie (extraits) ; Beckett, S. En attendant Godot Minuit, 2001 ; Fin de Partie, Minuit, Minuit, 2001 ; Ionesco, E. Rhinocéros Gallimard-Folio, 1991 ; Obaldia, R. Genousie Arche-Scène ouverte , 1987