The French playwright Jean Anouilh (1910-1987) was an accomplished craftsman. His plays, from the frivolous and fanciful to the serious, exploit the artificiality of the theater to elucidate his views...
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In the excerpt below, Lenski analyzes the philosophical dimension of three Anouilh plays, focusing especially on the "metaphyical rebellion" of the heroes.
In Antigone and L'Al...
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In the following excerpt, Marsh analyzes Antigone as both a play of character and a play of ideas.
Anouilh's second wartime play was not produced until February 1944, in the last six months ...
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In the essay below, Nazareth compares Anouilh's Antigone to Sophocles' drama of the same name.
"When Jean Anouilh turns historian we can take it that truth will be revealed in ...
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In this excerpt, Harvey investigates Antigone in terms of Anouilh's own definition of tragedy.
Anouilh's approach to tragedy is essentially a theatrical one. For him the stage is set ...
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In the following essay, Spingler asserts that Anouilh's use of the chorus in Antigone functions to “establish the play's essential theatricality” and reinforce his percepti...
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In the following essay, Howarth provides a close reading of Antigone and surveys critical and popular reaction to the play.
Though longer than Sophocles' original, Anouilh's is not a ...
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In the following essay, Howarth details the critical reception of Antigone in wartime France.
The study of the reception of Anouilh's play in 1944, and of its relationship to the political s...
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In the following essay, Schuler finds parallels between Anouilh's Antigone and Jean Giraudoux's La Folle de Chaillot.
Antigone and La Folle de Chaillot, both critical successes in Fra...
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Teaching Antigone
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Antigone Lesson Plans contain 142 pages of teaching material, including:
Only live to a great age and you can become a hero. For much of his life, I.F. Stone was a marginal figure in American journalism, neither persecuted nor impoverished but sometimes harassed by the ...
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Only live to a great age and you can become a hero. For much of his life, I.F. Stone was a marginal figure in American journalism, neither persecuted nor impoverished but sometimes harassed by the ...
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Jean Anouilh
Critical Essay by B. A. Lenski
Tireless on the Left, The Great I.F. Stone
