The cooked and the raw: zoomorphic symbolism in Dario Fo's Giullarate.

From: The Modern Language Review | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: Scuderi, Antonio | Copyright information

Drawing on carnival traditions, from which derive the zoomorphic maschere of the commedia dell'arte, Dario Fo makes extensive use of animals as symbols in his giullarate (solo performances). They function to subvert figures of authority, serve as symbols of human bestiality, and are often combined with human forms as part of the grotesque register which informs Fo's theatre. In La storia della tigre Fo uses motifs of the fire-theft myth to suggest a totemic bond between humans and nature wh...

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