The Truth of Masks: a Note on Illusion (an essay of dramatic theory)
Découvrez pourquoi Oscar Wilde défend l'illusion théâtrale comme essence même de l'art dramatique. Dans The Truth of Masks, il explore le rôle crucial des costumes et de la mise en scène pour créer la magie de Shakespeare.
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It is an essay written by Edgar Allan Poe, first publisched in 1886. "The Truth of Masks" speaks about the power and necessity of illusion in Shakespeare's plays and the importance of the costumes. He goes on and on about it, and then ends the essay with the following statement:
"Not that I agree with everything that I have said in this essay. There is much with which I entirely disagree. The essay simply represents an artistic standpoint, and in aesthetic criticism attitude is everything. For in art there is no such thing as a universal truth. A Truth in art is that whose contradictory is also true. And just as it is only in art- criticism, and through it, that we can apprehend the Platonic theory of ideas, so it is only in art-criticism, and through it, that we can realise Hegel's system of contraries. The truths of metaphysics are the truths of masks."
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish poet and dramatist, famous for The Importance of Being Earnest and The Picture of Dorian Gray. His controversial, open lifestyle was the reason he was charged and eventually convicted for the crime of sodomy.
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It is an essay written by Edgar Allan Poe, first publisched in 1886. "The Truth of Masks" speaks about the power and necessity of illusion in Shakespeare's plays and the importance of the costumes. He goes on and on about it, and then ends the essay with the following statement:
"Not that I agree with everything that I have said in this essay. There is much with which I entirely disagree. The essay simply represents an artistic standpoint, and in aesthetic criticism attitude is everything. For in art there is no such thing as a universal truth. A Truth in art is that whose contradictory is also true. And just as it is only in art- criticism, and through it, that we can apprehend the Platonic theory of ideas, so it is only in art-criticism, and through it, that we can realise Hegel's system of contraries. The truths of metaphysics are the truths of masks."
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish poet and dramatist, famous for The Importance of Being Earnest and The Picture of Dorian Gray. His controversial, open lifestyle was the reason he was charged and eventually convicted for the crime of sodomy.
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Cet essai d'Oscar Wilde offre une réflexion profonde sur l'importance de l'illusion et des costumes dans le théâtre, notamment chez Shakespeare. Il permet de comprendre comment l'art dramatique repose sur la création d'une réalité alternative, bien plus que sur le réalisme. Une lecture essentielle pour saisir la vision esthétique de Wilde et son approche révolutionnaire de la mise en scène.
L'essai aborde principalement l'illusion théâtrale, le rôle des costumes et de la mise en scène dans la création de l'atmosphère dramatique, et la critique des approches trop réalistes ou archéologiques. Wilde y défend l'idée que l'art doit privilégier la beauté et l'effet esthétique, plutôt que la simple reproduction de la réalité.
Ce livre s'adresse aux amateurs de théâtre, aux étudiants en littérature ou en arts de la scène, ainsi qu'à tous ceux qui s'intéressent à la pensée esthétique d'Oscar Wilde. Il passionnera également les lecteurs curieux de découvrir une réflexion originale sur l'art et l'illusion.
Vous pourrez interroger ce smartbook sur les concepts clés de l'essai, comme l'illusion théâtrale, le rôle des costumes dans le théâtre shakespearien, ou encore les critiques de Wilde envers le réalisme. Vous pourrez aussi demander des éclaircissements sur ses références à Shakespeare, ou sur la place de cet essai dans l'œuvre globale de Wilde.
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