Patriarchal Representations: Gender and Discourse in Pirandello's Theatre
By (Author) Maggie Gnsberg
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Berg Publishers
1st September 2010
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
Gender studies, gender groups
Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics
852.912
Hardback
248
Width 138mm, Height 216mm, Spine 17mm
This contemporary feminist reading of an important modern European writer and dramatist illustrates a variety of methods that could be applied to other authors' texts as well. Gunsberg examines the representation of gender relations in Pirandello's writing and reassesses his status as an avant garde author, arguing that while he can certainly be described as avant garde on the level of dramatic form, he cannot be said to innovate at the more covert level of gender relations.
Maggie Gnsberg