La alienación en los personajes del teatro contemporáneo

Résumé

In the world of the Performing Arts, there is always one question that prevails over the others. The question faced by anyone who wants to understand the motivation of a character is very simple, but at the same time vitally important. That question is none other than "why", one of the most humane doubts that exist. You don't have to be a character in a novel or play to ask yourself that question. The answer to all the actions, opinions, acts, words and events that take place throughout the story lies in the "why" and, as an answer, the possible alienated state of the character is raised.Alienation is a dehumanization of the character that transforms him into another being, ceasing to be himself, moving out of the way of what could potentially have been or achieved. Through the comparative study of various works from various periods, authors and styles, the characters have proved to be alienated for various reasons, by their desires, objectives and conflicts that they experience. Ordinary alienations come from the conflicts and problems of ordinary theater characters with credible and realistic situations and circumstances, similar to those of the spectator's life, but which do not encompass all existing theater styles. From there, the proposed segmentation between ordinary theater (credible, real and plausible) and extraordinary theater (unlikely, fantastic and absurd) as the two proposed authors, Fernando Arrabal and Alejandro Jodorowsky. As a result of this study, ordinary alienations have emerged (thirteen in the initial paradigm) that maintain a more universal and reproducible character, and extraordinary alienations (eleven in the second paradigm) with a more unique and personal quality depending on the character and play...