« The Brighter and more cheerful it is, the more it hurts » : l’inquiétante noirceur des comédies de Martin Crimp
In Martin Crimp’s plays, humour only serves to make the ensuing anguish more acute. The playwright achieves this purpose by using two specific dramatic strategies: one that will be described as ‘generic oscillation’, the other referred to by Crimp himself as the ‘false happy ending’. Humour can neve...
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Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée
2013-09-01
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| Series: | Études Britanniques Contemporaines |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/ebc/563 |