Abstract
El presente artículo analiza la situación de la censura, en su acepción más amplia, en el teatro venezolano durante el período comprendido entre 1900 y 1960. Su desarrollo se realiza teniendo presentes las premisas metodológicas basadas en la Teoría de los motivos y estrategias. En este sentido se presentan los orígenes de la censura, las normas que se establecieron, se reseñan diversos casos donde se observan sus efectos a lo largo del tiempo y se exponen los motivos y estrategias que llevaron a sus autores a plantearse estrategias creativas para efectuar una ruptura y denunciar su presencia en escena.
This article analyzes the situation of the censorship in the Venezuelan theater during the period between 1900 and 1960, in its wider connotation. The work was made keeping in mind the methodological approach based on the Theory of Motives and Strategies. In this sense, the origins of the censorship, the regulations settled down, the analysis of several cases where its effects were observed throughout the time are presented, as well as the reasons and strategies that the authors took into account to arrange creative strategies to carry out a rupture and to denounce their presence in scene are exposed.
Recommended Citation
Chesney-Lawrence, Luis. (2008) "La censura en el teatro venezolano (1900-1960)," Teatro: Revista de Estudios Culturales / A Journal of Cultural Studies: Número 22, pp. 75-115.
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