TY - JOUR
T1 - Breath and the tradition of 1960's new realism
T2 - Between theatre and art
AU - Harari, Dror
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - While Beckett's minimalism seems to draw his theatre further into its centre of gravity, it also pushes it in a counter move to its medial boundaries. This article examines Beckett's most compact piece, Breath (1969), in the context of the major changes in the art world of the 1960s - particularly, the emergence of "new realist" sensibility in France - and suggests its consideration as a manifestation of "new theatre," which blurs the line between theatre and the plastic arts.
AB - While Beckett's minimalism seems to draw his theatre further into its centre of gravity, it also pushes it in a counter move to its medial boundaries. This article examines Beckett's most compact piece, Breath (1969), in the context of the major changes in the art world of the 1960s - particularly, the emergence of "new realist" sensibility in France - and suggests its consideration as a manifestation of "new theatre," which blurs the line between theatre and the plastic arts.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79751478136&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1163/18757405-022001029
DO - 10.1163/18757405-022001029
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AN - SCOPUS:79751478136
SN - 0927-3131
VL - 22
SP - 423
EP - 433
JO - Samuel Beckett Today - Aujourd hui
JF - Samuel Beckett Today - Aujourd hui
ER -