Hi Chris
Apologies for the late response; I've had server problems and have
been offline for the past few days.
I basically agree with you on Artaud's importance, though I think
influencing most of the best 20C theatre is no small thing; but I
don't think Sontag talks pathos. Or maybe I have similar reactions
reading Artaud. Hard not to when he speaks of anguish so often. He is
of course more complex than it's possible to say in a small space.You
might be interested in the further discussion going on a theatre notes
- http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
All the best
A
On 9/27/06, Chris Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Maybe somewhat disagreeing with Alison here... Atraud provides far much
> more then then an inspiring text on theatre and I cringe reading the
> pathos presented by Susan Sontag in the pathetic rendition of her
> encounter with Artaud.
>
> Artaud, first must be understood as one of the grand theorists of
> modernist poetics, his breaks with the bearded critic (Kant) and the
> catalogue of affects (Spinoza) alone mark Artaud as one of the grand
> modern poetics writers for he truly understood what the infinite is more
> so then Mallarme could ever have. Artaud knew more then any other what
> affect is and what it was to create true affects.
>
> Chris Jones.
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> On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 13:30 +1000, Alison Croggon wrote:
> > There's a lot of Artaud (15 volumes in the Gallimard complete works)
> > and he can be hard going (I wouldn't put myself through the 15
> > volumes) but at his best the writing is dazzling. Theatre and its
> > Double is an essential and inspiring text for anyone interested in
> > theatre. And Nietzsche is one of the few philosphers I can read with
> > enjoyment, though it's the Nietzsche of The Gay Science rather than
> > Thus Spake Zarathustra, which is a bit portentous for my taste...but I
> > do find both of them funny as well as terrifying. They do have a lot
> > in common.
> >
> > All best
> >
> > Alison
>
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