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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 2020
Abstract
Despite its theatrical success, Dea Loher's Innocence faces a heated debate among German theatre and literary critics. Some regard it as a neorealist drama that has reached the highest level of the theatre, but others denounce it as a diffuse, kitschy portrayal of violence. The goal of this paper is to explore themes of the play to negotiate—against the claims of its existing theatre and literary criticism—more accurate critical guidelines of evaluating this theatrical work. The results of this study are expected to contribute to a better understanding of postmodernism and postdramatic theatre in general and of this postdramatic writing in particular.
Keywords
thematic examination, postmodernism, violent conditions, audience reception, literary criticism
Publication Title
Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism
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Recommended Citation
Yang, P. (2020) Postmodern Violent Conditions in Loher's Innocence. Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, 35(1) 107-132. 10.1353/dtc.2020.0022
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