tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post8264182186785358136..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Schnitzler and Stoppard collaborate - our love is eternal, of course, but there is a limit.Amateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-44405855813793987632012-11-27T08:18:20.445-06:002012-11-27T08:18:20.445-06:00Why not? Chekhov's guns are legitimate theatr...Why not? Chekhov's guns are legitimate theatrical devices. Just make sure the gun goes off in the last act. Pow! Ouch! <i>Uncle Vanya</i>, not surprisingly, makes fine use of the device.<br /><br />As for Schnitzler's style, it works brilliantly in dramatic form. The emphasis shifts. The interior moves out into the world, through dialogue or symbolically charged action. Much like Chekhov, again - the plays and stories are of a piece. <br /><br />Why aren't you for plays? Here are <a href="http://tonysreadinglist.blogspot.com/2012/06/translation-matters.html" rel="nofollow">three good reasons</a> to read them: To experience new places and cultures, To reconsider things we think we know, and because They're often very good :).Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-52519157334582686322012-11-27T03:53:08.027-06:002012-11-27T03:53:08.027-06:00Hmm, Chekhov's gun... I must be *very* careful...Hmm, Chekhov's gun... I must be *very* careful not to introduce one into any of my posts.<br /><br />How does it compare with Schnitzler's prose work? I'm not one for plays myself, and I'm not sure how his style would work in that genre.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546287562521628467noreply@blogger.com