WAJDI MOUAWAD’S INCENDIES – A LITERARY PRETEXT FOR THE MODERN ODYSSEY OF DENIS VILLENEUVE’S SCREENING
WAJDI MOUAWAD’S INCENDIES – A LITERARY PRETEXT FOR THE MODERN ODYSSEY OF DENIS VILLENEUVE’S SCREENING

Summary/Abstract: This analysis aims to define the conversion of Wajdi Mouawadřs play, Incendies, into the homonym movie of Denis Villeneuve, applying a decryption procedure based on the tragic as seen on the rank of modernity. We will analyse the transfer of textual elements starting from the play towards the movie implementation, keeping in mind, especially the elements that belong to the tragic registry and that place both the text and the movie inside the context of the origin-searching myth, of an identity myth that encountered by the twins on their way to finding the truth. Refreshing the ancient myths was a constant activity of the Canadian playwright, and as a matter of fact, the play Incendies belongs to a tetralogy that exposes four different discourses based on the initiatory journey of some characters whose identity construction is progressively revealed, as they find the secret of their origin. We stand in front of a dramaturgy of the word, of a position taking of the character that is placed on the stage after consuming the event and that evokes the story.

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