Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.38003/zrffs.13.9
SUBVERSIVE HUMOR IN EVA IN PARADISE: THE OTHER STORY OF GENESIS TOLD BY FRANCA RAME E DARIO FO
Milagro Martín Clavijo
orcid.org/0000-0001-7300-9493
; Department of Philology, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Abstract
Franca Rame and Dario Fo have created numerous plays centered on the woman – in
myth, in the past, in the present time – and have reconsidered the traditional women’s
models that have been passed down for centuries until today. Eve is a founding model
of the role of women in society and she could not be missed in their repertoire. This
article focuses on the analysis of two plays with Eve as the protagonist of another
version of the world’s creation: Il diario di Eva and Adamo ed Eva and it is particularly
concentrated at the time of the nominated rerum. With these two dramaturgical texts,
Fo and Rame propose another Genesis and violate the narrative that for centuries
has influenced the way we perceive the relationship between the sexes and female
identity. This is the creation story told by the creatures, particularly from a female
point of view, full of humanity, understanding and a high dose of humor: Eve is the
one who makes creation exist through language, the one who has the gift of speech.
Keywords
Dario Fo; Franca Rame; Eve; female identity; female models; Genesis; Il diario di Eva; Adamo ed Eva; Subversive Humor
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Publication date:
17.12.2020.
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