Lugar, espacio e identidad en el drama moderno: Análisis de una selección de cuatro obras
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Chekov, Miller, Saroyan, Yamuchi, drama moderno, crisis de identidadResumen
La identidad individual ha sido tradicionalmente descrita mediante términos abstractos como cultura, creencias, religión, valores, etc. En este artículo demostramos cómo los dramaturgos modernos muestran que la generación de la era moderna tiende a identificarse más con lugares o entidades concretas que con los elementos tradicionalmente constitutivos de la identidad, puesto que estas abstracciones comenzaron a perder su glamour y su valor en una época marcada por el tremendo avance de la tecnología y el materialismo. Esta identificación creciente con lugares concretos ha originado una crisis de identidad, puesto que estos lugares están sujetos a factores económicos y sociales que no son tan estables como, por ejemplo, la cultura y la religión. La vulnerabilidad de la identidad moderna la configura como una noción que fluye más allá de límites claramente fijados. En consecuencia, la edad moderna presenta identidades multicapa o fluctuaciones entre dos o más identidades. El lugar, con independencia de cómo se experimente, articula la identidad moderna. Para demostrar la globalidad de este fenómeno, el presente artículo estudia cuatro obras que representan culturas y esferas diferentes—Anton Chekov’s The Cherry Orchard, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, William Saroyan’s The Time of Your Life, and Wakako Yamuchi’s And the Soul Shall Dance.
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