Surrealist playwrights of the twentieth century use black humour in order to express their discontent towards the society in which they live.Parody of everyday life is a way of reaction against the extensive lifestyle...Surrealist playwrights of the twentieth century use black humour in order to express their discontent towards the society in which they live.Parody of everyday life is a way of reaction against the extensive lifestyle.The actions,the choices and the situations,in which the characters of the surrealist dramas are involved,are comic and grotesque.Surrealist dramas reject the rules of the Western theatre;the lack of plot,the absurd,the misunderstanding,the use of poetic symbols,the parody of bourgeois life,the unexpected reactions and the unreasonable behaviour of the characters are some of the factors that cause laughter and surprise the audience.In this paper we will try to reveal the humour that emerges through the surrealist plays of AndréBreton,Philippe Soupault,Louis Aragon and Roger Vitrac.We will also attempt to highlight the key points through which surrealism in theatre uses black humour in an effort to cover the deep melancholy and pessimistic mood of surrealist dramatists.The questions arising are;in which ways is humour a way of revolution?How can humour include dreams,ingenuity and fantasy?展开更多
As one of the most influential American poets in the 20th century,John Ashbery is noted for the originality,elegance,and obscurity of his poetry.Some of his most succinct ideas on"Ars Poetica",i.e.,the art o...As one of the most influential American poets in the 20th century,John Ashbery is noted for the originality,elegance,and obscurity of his poetry.Some of his most succinct ideas on"Ars Poetica",i.e.,the art of poetry,can be found in his poems on poetry.In“What’s poetry”and“And Ut Pictura Poesis Is Her Name”,Ashbery probes the true nature of poetry and provides or enacts dif⁃ferent but equally illuminating answers.Ashberyan surrealist style is also echoed in contemporary American poems written respec⁃tively by Lucy Ives and Sandra Simonds,which show a family resemblance to Ashbery in their similar use of surrealist epiphany.展开更多
文摘Surrealist playwrights of the twentieth century use black humour in order to express their discontent towards the society in which they live.Parody of everyday life is a way of reaction against the extensive lifestyle.The actions,the choices and the situations,in which the characters of the surrealist dramas are involved,are comic and grotesque.Surrealist dramas reject the rules of the Western theatre;the lack of plot,the absurd,the misunderstanding,the use of poetic symbols,the parody of bourgeois life,the unexpected reactions and the unreasonable behaviour of the characters are some of the factors that cause laughter and surprise the audience.In this paper we will try to reveal the humour that emerges through the surrealist plays of AndréBreton,Philippe Soupault,Louis Aragon and Roger Vitrac.We will also attempt to highlight the key points through which surrealism in theatre uses black humour in an effort to cover the deep melancholy and pessimistic mood of surrealist dramatists.The questions arising are;in which ways is humour a way of revolution?How can humour include dreams,ingenuity and fantasy?
文摘As one of the most influential American poets in the 20th century,John Ashbery is noted for the originality,elegance,and obscurity of his poetry.Some of his most succinct ideas on"Ars Poetica",i.e.,the art of poetry,can be found in his poems on poetry.In“What’s poetry”and“And Ut Pictura Poesis Is Her Name”,Ashbery probes the true nature of poetry and provides or enacts dif⁃ferent but equally illuminating answers.Ashberyan surrealist style is also echoed in contemporary American poems written respec⁃tively by Lucy Ives and Sandra Simonds,which show a family resemblance to Ashbery in their similar use of surrealist epiphany.
