The Trickster-Function in the Theatre of García Lorca

by Sarah Wright

Overview

'The Trickster-Function in the Theatre of Garcia Lorca' is a bold and original study of Garcia Lorca's plays which offers an important critical insight on a selection of his most complex, challenging and least-studied works. Using the image of the 'trickster' as leitmotif, it argues for a reading of Garcia Lorca's plays which highlights androgyny, male fantasy, masochism, masquerade and the carnivalesque.

The introduction of the concept of the 'trickster-function' (a model which draws on anthropology, psychoanalysis and literary theories) is an entirely new approach which provides the opportunity for fresh interpretations of the chosen texts, viewed as theatre engaging an audience. The study includes detailed textual analyses of Amor de Don Perlimplin con Belisa en su jardin, Asi que pasen cinco años and El público, as well as extensive examination of La zapatera prodigiosa and Bodas de sangre. In addition it makes reference to the lesser-known El sueño de la vida, Retablillo de Don Cristóbal, Dragón, and El loco y la loca, together with a relevant selection of Garcia Lorca's drawings and prose.

Innovative and challenging, 'The Trickster-Function in the Theatre of Garcia Lorca' constitutes an important contribution to the understanding of the theatrical output of this major figure of the Spanish literary canon, enabling us to see his work in a new light.

Dr SARAH WRIGHT is Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at the University of Hull.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781855660748
Publisher:	Boydell & Brewer, Limited
Publication date:	09/07/2000
Series:	ISSN , #185
Pages:	159
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgements	vii
	Abbreviations	ix
	Introduction: The Trickster-Function in the Theatre of Garcia Lorca	1
Section I.	An Invitation to the Play
I	Author(ity) and the Laughter of Signs The Autor/Director/Poeta and Other Trickster Figures in the Theatre of Garcia Lorca	13
Section II.	The Trickster, Gender and Masquerade
II	Perlimplin's Seduction Femininity, Masquerade and the trompe l'oeil	39
III	Asi que pasen cinco anos. Leyenda del tiempo Masochism and the Limits of Masculinity	62
IV	The Riddling of Difference Representations of the Androgyne	87
Section III.	The Body in Pain: Collectivity and the Carnivalesque
V	The Body in Pain Elements of the Carnivalesque in El publico	105
	Conclusion: Off Limits	126
	Bibliography	129
	Index	145

Editorial Reviews

Intelligent book... Wright understands the material well. TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT A bold book which offers interesting revelations and value judgements.

BULLETIN OF HISPANIC STUDIES

Intelligent book... Wright understands the material well. TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT A bold book which offers interesting revelations and value judgements. BULLETIN OF HISPANIC STUDIES

From the Publisher

Wright (Hispanic studies, U. of Hull) discusses the work of playwright Federico Garc<'i>a Lorca with an emphasis on the themes of androgyny, male fantasy, masochism, masquerade, and the carnivalesque. The works studied are among those previously considered to be marginal to the Lorca canon, including and blico./> Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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