Axel

Japanese: 《Axel》(英語表記)Axel
Axel

…It is the polar opposite of the faithful reproduction of everyday reality, the “slice of life” (J. Julien) that naturalist theater aims for, and is an allusive and allegorical theater with poetic language and conceptual stories that embody the universal symbolic function of myth. Villiers de l'Isle-Adam's “Axel” (1890) is considered a representative example. To the extent that “dream” is considered the privileged space of such theater, it often takes on the aspect of “dream drama.” In this sense, Maeterlinck's “Princess Maraine” (1889) and “Pelléas et Mélisande” (1893) were also welcomed by the Symbolists because of the “tragic nature of everyday life” that the author himself described as living a “slightly wicked sleepwalker.” …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Axel" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…それは自然主義演劇の目指す〈人生の一断片〉(J.ジュリアン)という日常的現実の忠実な再現の対極に立ち,神話のもつ普遍的な象徴機能を体現した詩的言語と観念的物語による暗示的・寓意的な演劇である。ビリエ・ド・リラダンの《アクセルAxel》(1890)はその代表と見なされた。〈夢〉がこのような演劇の特権的な空間と考えられる限りにおいて,それはしばしば〈夢幻的な劇〉の相を帯び,その意味で,メーテルリンクの《マレーヌ姫》(1889)と《ペレアスとメリザンド》(1893)も,作者自身の説く〈いささかめしいた夢遊病者〉の生きる〈日常性のなかの悲劇性〉によって,象徴派に歓迎された。…

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