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    THE REJECTION OF CRUEL OPTIMISM IN FRENCH CONTEMPORARY THEATER: TROIS PIÈCES D’INITIATION

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    Date
    2020
    Author
    McMahon, Morgan
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    Eades, Caroline
    DRUM DOI
    https://doi.org/10.13016/8trr-yfqf
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    My doctoral research explores the effects of family trauma as presented in French contemporary theater, situating three plays written by Xavier Durringer, Jean-Luc Lagarce and Marie Ndiaye within the context of Lauren Berlant’s theory of Cruel Optimism. While Berlant points to a universal series of obstacles as proof of the current inability to achieve “the good life” through “lively, durable intimacy”, Durringer, Lagarce and Ndiaye depict a way through these obstacles as a means of initiation and agency, demonstrating an optimistic trend in French theater.
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