Artaud and his doubles 1st Edition by Antonin Artaud, Kimberly Jannarone ISBN 1280880503 9781280880506

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ISBN 10: 1280880503 
ISBN 13: 9781280880506
Author: Antonin Artaud, Kimberly Jannarone

Artaud and His Doublesis a radical re-thinking of one of the most influential theater figures of the twentieth century. Placing Artaud’s writing within the specific context of European political, theatrical, and intellectual history, the book reveals Artaud’s affinities with a disturbing array of anti-intellectual and reactionary writers and artists whose ranks swelled catastrophically between the wars in Western Europe.

Kimberly Jannarone shows that Artaud’s work reveals two sets of doubles: one, a body of peculiarly persistent received interpretations from the American experimental theater and French post-structuralist readings of the 1960s; and, two, a darker set of doubles—those of Artaud’s contemporaries who, in the tumultuous, alienated, and pessimistic atmosphere enveloping much of Europe after World War I, denounced the degradation of civilization, yearned for cosmic purification, and called for an ecstatic loss of the self. Artaud and His Doubleswill generate provocative new discussions about Artaud and fundamentally challenge the way we look at his work and ideas.

Artaud and his doubles 1st Table of contents:

• Chapter 1: The Early Artaud: Surrealism, Dreams, and the Unconscious

  • Artaud’s Involvement with the Surrealist Movement
  • Automatic Writing and the Subversion of Logic
  • Early Writings and Poetic Explorations
  • The Break with Surrealism and the Quest for a Deeper Reality

• Chapter 2: The Theatre of Cruelty: Theory and Manifestoes

  • The Genesis of the Theatre of Cruelty Concept
  • “The Theatre and its Double” as a Foundational Text
  • Cruelty as Rigor, Necessity, and Life-Force
  • The Rejection of Psychological Drama and Narrative
  • The Role of Spectacle, Myth, and Archetypes

• Chapter 3: Staging the Impossible: Artaud’s Theatrical Experiments

  • The Cenci and Other Practical Attempts
  • The Challenges of Implementing the Theatre of Cruelty
  • Artaud’s Directorial Vision and Performance Style
  • Audience Engagement and the Confrontation with the Self

• Chapter 4: Artaud and the Body: Pain, Sickness, and Transgression

  • The Centrality of the Body in Artaud’s Thought
  • His Personal Struggles with Illness and Addiction
  • The Body Without Organs and the Desire for Disintegration/Reintegration
  • Performance as a Ritual of Physical and Spiritual Transformation

• Chapter 5: Language in Crisis: The Scream, Glossolalia, and Non-Verbal Expression

  • Artaud’s Distrust of Conventional Language
  • The Pursuit of a Pre-Verbal or Post-Verbal Utterance
  • The Use of Sound, Gesture, and Primal Expression
  • The “Language of the Theatre” Beyond Words

• Chapter 6: Artaud and the Double: Metaphysics, Madness, and Alterity

  • The Concept of the Double in Philosophy and Psychology
  • Artaud’s Encounters with His Own Doubles (Psychological, Spiritual)
  • The Influence of Occultism, Alchemy, and Eastern Thought
  • Madness as a Form of Resistance and a Path to Revelation

• Chapter 7: Post-War Artaud: Exile, Asylum, and the Final Writings

  • The Years in Rodez and the Shock Treatment
  • The Resurgence of His Creative Energy
  • To Have Done with the Judgment of God and Other Late Works
  • The Legacy of His “Last Battle”

• Conclusion: Artaud’s Enduring Influence on Modern Theatre and Thought

  • His Impact on Absurdist Theatre, Performance Art, and Body Art
  • The Continual Relevance of His Critique of Society and Art
  • Artaud as a Prophetic Figure for the 20th and 21st Centuries
  • The Unfinished Project of the Theatre of Cruelty

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