1. Cloudstreet and Epic Theatre
As a socially and historically confined cultural concept, realism offers a window view on the world while Marxism springs from communism ideals of equality between all people and the non-existence of social stratification that proves to be a major difficulty in this play. ... The chief technique that he employs is alienation of "the mimetic and gestural expression of the social relationships prevailing between people-. ... In view of the fact that the play is almost wholly dedicated to one social group, most if not all of the remaining characters can be seen as comparisons made to the hegemon...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate