올비의 메타극 쓰기: 『아기에 대한 극』 = Albee's Metadrama: The Play about the Baby

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Albee's The Play about the Baby incorporates unrealistic dramatic techniques which characterize it as a metadrama reminiscent of the plays of Beckett and Pirandello. This includes revealing the histrionic nature of the play, self-reflexive dialogue, parody, and role-playing of characters with generic names: Boy, Girl, Man, and Woman. The characters are not individualized, rather they are merely playing roles of a young couple and an older couple. Besides this, Albee invites the audience to actively participate in playing the game about the baby by tearing down the invisible wall between the stage and the audience. These unrealistic dramatic techniques contribute to reinforce the theme of reality and illusion and generate a skillfully and artfully created piece of work.

참고문헌 (Reference)

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