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Alfred Jarry's Ubu Plays: Absurdity, Power, and the Roots of Modern Avant-Garde Theater
Explore Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi, Ubu Cocu, and Ubu Enchaîné in this in-depth 2000-word review. Uncover the absurdity, satire, and philosophical depths that influenced 20th-century avant-garde theater, from Dada to Surrealism. Insights on chaos turning tedious, nonsense's labyrinth, and submission's irony. References to Freud, Nietzsche, Beckett, and Camus enrich the analysis. Discover why Ubu's fame overshadows Jarry's brilliant novels and poems.

David Lapadat
Nov 224 min read
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