Play Is Play : Theatrical Illusion in Chinese Wall by Frisch and Other "Epic" Plays by Brecht, Wilder, Hazelton and Li

Peter Yang

Editorial: University Press of America • 2000

• Firma y fecha en página de respeto. En inglés. Although traditional comparative literary research has always placed 'epic' plays of Brecht, Fisch, Wilder, Hazelton, and Li in the category of the same name, the label 'epic' actually minimizes the nature of these plays and the ways in which they have influenced modern world theatre. The 'epic' plays of these playwrights are not strictly 'epic,' but also theatrical. Because these plays have consciously involved spectators, they have created a double illusion, enhancing the original illusion rather than destroying it. Peter Yang is the Jesse Hauk Shera Professor of German, Chinese and Comparative Literature and Director of the Language Resource Center at Case Western Reserve University.