Theatre, for handke, has neither object nor subject. Nobel prize winner peter handkes first fulllength drama, hailed in europe as the play of the decade and compared in importance to waiting for godot kaspar is the story of an autistic adolescent who finds himself at a complete existential loss on the stage, with but a single sentence to call his own. Discussion of themes and motifs in peter handke s kaspar. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page. Kaspar is based on the historical case of a yearold boy who appeared from nowhere in nuremberg in and who had to be taught to speak from. Kaspar and other plays by peter handke book read online. The mechanics of languagea fractionating schizophrenic theatrical event article pdf available june 1990 with 684 reads how we measure reads. Literature already knows everything i have tried to state in this book and this fact is never more obvious than in peter handkcs play kaspar1967.
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