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A Literature Review on the Study of Eugene Ionesco’s Rhinoceros
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Abstract
Eugene Ionesco, recognized as one of the originators of absurdist theatre and known as the “king of absurdist theatre”, is the author of The Chair, The Bald Songstress, The King is Dying and other works. Rhinoceros is one of Ionesco’s rare works with political overtones, his most distinctive masterpiece, and a classic of absurdist theater. Taking the original text of Rhinoceros as the starting point, this paper selects relevant core publications in recent years and utilizes the literature research method and logical analysis method to study the significance and value of Rhinoceros, the imagery of “rhinoceros”, the study of Rhinoceros and similar works, and the study of the social acceptance of Rhinoceros since the 1990s. Since then, domestic scholars have summarized the research results of Ionesco and pointed out the shortcomings of the current research, with a view to laying a foundation and providing a direction for the further study of this work.
Keywords
theatre of the absurd, Eugene Ionesco, Rhinoceros
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Cao,Y. (2023). A Literature Review on the Study of Eugene Ionesco’s Rhinoceros. Communications in Humanities Research,14,136-141.
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