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"Pourquoi sous cette table?": More Candlelight on Molière's Tartuffe.

Authors :
MULLER, DAVID G.
Source :
Comparative Drama. Summer2013, Vol. 47 Issue 2, p167-200. 34p.
Publication Year :
2013

Abstract

A literary criticism of the play "Tartuff" by play writer Molière is presented. It outlines the characters and explores the symbolic significance of these characters. It emphasizes the met dramatic performativity and theatricality inherent in the conception of the play and the neoclassical dramatic theory may have prohibited the excessive use of stage objects.

Subjects

Subjects :
*DRAMATIC criticism
*DRAMA
*THEATER

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00104078
Volume :
47
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Comparative Drama
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
88925594
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1353/cdr.2013.0022