The starting point is the understanding of the dramatic text as literary text, thus it could be analyzed with methodologies coming from literary studies: the dramatic text is literature, creation of language and it can be read and interpreted as such. Of course I acknowledge the text’s performativity, implicit in its characteristic and functions. The analysis of Enrico IV (1921) constitutes a practical application of the proposal and the opportunity for opening the discussion to new perspectives ...
The starting point is the understanding of the dramatic text as literary text, thus it could be analyzed with methodologies coming from literary studies: the dramatic text is literature, creation of language and it can be read and interpreted as such. Of course I acknowledge the text’s performativity, implicit in its characteristic and functions. The analysis of Enrico IV (1921) constitutes a practical application of the proposal and the opportunity for opening the discussion to new perspectives.
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