Contradictory Characters: Interpretation of the Modern Theatre

by Albert Bermel

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Winner of the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism

Playwright and critic Albert Bermel examines thirteen modern plays to assess the underpinnings of dramatic conflict. Contradictory Characters inspects the three well-known types of dramatic conflict-between characters, between character and environment, and within the protagonist himself-and argues that the "character-against-himself" is not only a type of conflict, but is indeed the prototypical conflict underlying the others.

  • ISBN13 9780810114418
  • Publish Date 30 May 1996
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Northwestern University Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 298
  • Language English