Handke, Peter
Handke Plays One
- ISBN 13:
- 9780413680907
- author:
- Handke, Peter
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Methuen Publishing
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1997
- Pages:
- 320
- Genre:
- Drama texts: from c 1900 -
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Peter Handke Plays: 1: Offending the Audience, Self-Accusation, Kaspar, My Foot My Tutor, the Ride Across Lake Constance, and They Are Dyi This collection of plays by Peter Handke offers a provocative exploration of language, morality, and the human condition. Through his characteristic blend of irony and theatricality, Handke challenges our expectations about what it means to be alive. From the dissection of audience expectations in Offending the Audience to the darkly comedic Self-Accusation, each play is a scathing critique of the ways in which language can be used to control and manipulate. Kaspar, based on the true story of a young man who was taught to speak from scratch, is a powerful attack on the depersonalizing effects of bureaucracy. The Ride Across Lake Constance is a tense, wordless drama that explores the fragile boundaries between safety and danger. Through these plays, Handke reveals an uncanny knack for making the familiar seem strange, laying bare the tensions between rationality and subjective impulse.
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