Series | Studi e ricerche
Edited book | Tales of Unfulfilled Times
Chapter | La Centaura di Giovan Battista Andreini tra poetica e teatro
La Centaura di Giovan Battista Andreini tra poetica e teatro
Abstract
Giovan Battista Andreini’s La Centaura (1622) is a mixed play that juxtaposes comedy, pastoral, and tragedy. Through a close reading of the ways in which the play combines different genres, presents manifold metatextual elements, and alludes to the critical debate on literary genres, La Centaura reveals itself as a peculiar treatise in dramatic form on literature and theatre. Also, it offers an all-inclusive repertoire and repository of dramatic elements. Moreover, it engages with the relationship between literature and life, describing life as already theatricalized and suggesting that no authentic reality exists.
Submitted: March 30, 2017 | Language: it
Keywords Giovan Battista Andreini • La Centaura • Italian theatre • Baroque
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