Tuesday, July 7, 2020

 

Marivaux this is empty theatre

Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux(1688-1763). Was a French writer both to romance and theatre, some his comedy is very empty; he born in aristocratic family, during ancient regime, and before that French revolution, he tells every behaviour of aristocracy, with all his devoid, he to comedy of The tied, performed at 1736, he writes dialogues that are very empty, full of formal words and posture; therefore he describes life of higher class, that unknown condition of middle class, and common people; the France of revolution not was certainly poor, in conformity with opinion of  Tocqueville, but needs alone political reforms for to give possibility to middle class, In fact French revolution was a long process begun by middle class; but we must consider that this think was unknown both Merivaux and aristocracy. Anyway this theatre is very useless, everything is worked with formal behaviour, and deep sense of comedy is lost among words and cutes very incoherent with principal occasion, the love is a formal confession lacking of feel, alone confessed because it is formal right behaviour; The play of love and case, performed at 1730, other comedy is also worse than first; in this comedy is evident the vacuity of aristocratic class; history or logic is lost, and from begin to and is a whole of useless words; but this performances, describe a costume and a time, that we must consider during his events, but we can also consider that today is not much different from then, formal behaviour, formal words and alone formal posture are also present; therefore the mangender is same during every time.

Alessandro Lusana


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