“There she was, looking at me with those eyes of her”: l’animal mis en regard dans le théâtre d’Edward Albee

In the plays of Edward Albee, the animal – or as Jacques Derrida would say, the animot – can only be approached indirectly: in The Zoo Story, Jerry is haunted by the glaring eyes of a dog and a whiff of bestiality pervades the stage of The Goat. In their monologues, male characters keep reenacting t...

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Published in:Sillages Critiques
Main Author: Valentine Vasak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche "Texte et Critique de Texte" 2016-07-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/4452