Gabriel Peveroni's 'Luna Roja': Eclipsing and recycling information and meaning on the stage Academic Article

abstract

• Gabriel Peveroni's Luna roja (2006), a chaotic play about a dysfunctional kingdom, features several characters who search for love, freedom, and power as they commit murder, quarrel with partners, search for soulmates, and threaten the queen's authority. This play delivers a profound commentary on the passage of time, the growing prevalence of violence, and the lack of originality in contemporary society. Conceived as a postmodern play, Luna roja shares a symbiotic relationship with Many Moons (1943), a children's book by James Thurber. This author argues that by subverting this intertextual reference, Peveroni sheds light on Thurber's work and provides fresh insight about the postmodern condition in Uruguay and beyond. 2008 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

authors

• Misemer, Sarah

published proceedings

• SYMPOSIUM-A QUARTERLY JOURNAL IN MODERN LITERATURES

author list (cited authors)

• Misemer, S. M.

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• Misemer, Sarah M

publication date

• January 2008

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

keywords

• Dysfunction
• Gabriel Peveroni
• Intertext
• James Thurber
• Originality
• Postmodernism
• Symbiosis
• Theater
• Uruguay
• Violence

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.3200/SYMP.61.4.278-290

start page

• 278

end page

• 290

volume

• 61

issue

• 4

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.3200%2Fsymp.61.4.278-290