Grave Action: Last Rites in Brecht’s "Mother Courage" and Beckett’s "Endgame"
Against the background of Brecht’s de-familiarization (epic theater) and Beckett’s tragicomedy (absurdist theater), this essay compares scenes of incapacitation and mutilation, of deaths and corpses, shrouds and burials in Mother Courage and Endgame. It places its specific emphasis on the last rites...
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Università degli Studi di Torino
2014-12-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/COSMO/article/view/827 |