Shinjū Ten no Amijima, de Chikamatsu Monzaemon
dos jogos de palavras ao conflito giri-ninjō
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teatro japonês, Bunraku, período Edo, literatura japonesa, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, japanese theatre, edo period, japanese literatureAbstract
Japan's puppet theater, bunraku, also known as ningyō jōruri, is one of the four traditional forms of Japanese dramatic art. Although the structure of bunraku has already been adequately studied in Portuguese language, its plays still lack, in Brazilian literary studies, a more in-depth analytical look. It was for bunraku that some of the main texts of Japanese dramatic literature were written, with special emphasis on the works of Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725), the most important playwright of pre-modern Japan (1600-1868). This article aims to make considerations about the play Shinjū Ten no Amijima (The Love Suicide at Amijima - 1721), often considered Chikamatsu's masterpiece. We focus on the general structure of the play, on the plays on words that make up the title and on the conflict between giri (“social obligations”) and ninjō (“human feelings”), an aspect often associated with the playwright’s works.
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