Elfriede Jelinek, Clara S. Musikalische Tragödie [Clara S. A Musical Tragedy]

Helga W. Kraft (University of Illinois at Chicago)

Ed. by Gerhard P. Knapp, University of Utah
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.4.2: German-language Writing and Culture: Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, 800-present.
Vol. editors: Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah), Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1984

Places

Austria (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Play
Tragedy

Resources

Elfriede Jelinek's play Clara S. Musikalische Tragödie [Clara S.: A Musical Tragedy] premiered on 24 September 1982 at the Theater der Stadt Bonn, Germany, directed by Hans Hollmann. Critical and audience responses were mixed, a typical reaction to early Jelinek performances. The writer explores one of her central topics: the world of art in its pretensions, its connection to gender, its exploitation, and its commercialism. She expanded this theme later in Die Klavierspielerin [The Piano Player, 1983]. As in her other plays, Jelinek uses intertextuality in order to expose concepts, myths, clichés and collectively accepted ideas. She does not want to …

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Citation: Kraft, Helga W.. "Clara S. Musikalische Tragödie". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 09 February 2006 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=16878, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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