Arthur Miller and his Dramatic Works: the Shoah as a Turning Point

Authors

  • Thiago Pereira Russo Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-8051.cllh.2016.125034

Keywords:

Arthur Miller, Humanistic Judaism, Theater, Shoah.

Abstract

This article discusses the dramaturgical essence of one of the most important canonical authors of the American theater, Arthur Miller. Even if it is not possible to delve into the Jewish universe through his body of work, it is possible to identify elements of Jewish culture present not only in his plays, but also in his identity. By getting in touch with the issues of the Shoah his Jewishness springs and leads Miller to a turning point in his dramaturgical creation, in which the responsibility for the problems of society is to be assigned not only to the system but to the individual, approaching Miller to a Humanistic Judaism.

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Author Biography

  • Thiago Pereira Russo, Universidade de São Paulo
    Psicanalista, mestre e doutorando em Estudos Linguísticos e Literários em Inglês (FFLCH-USP) e membro da The Arthur Miller Society, nos Estados Unidos. Foi palestrante convidado para o Arthur Miller Centennial em Nova Iorque, em 2015.

Published

2016-12-26

Issue

Section

HEBREW AND JEWISH LITERATURE

How to Cite

Russo, T. P. (2016). Arthur Miller and his Dramatic Works: the Shoah as a Turning Point. Cadernos De Língua E Literatura Hebraica, 14, 114-125. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-8051.cllh.2016.125034