Alfred Jarry’s ‘Ubu Roi’ – the disruption of logical thought and the comic

The late nineteenth century marked the birth of the Avant-Garde – a cultural movement characterized by a new wave of experimental and innovative artistic expression – the intention of which Bürger describes as ‘the liquidation of art as an activity that is split off from the praxis of life’.[1] It was French writer Alfred Jarry… Read More Alfred Jarry’s ‘Ubu Roi’ – the disruption of logical thought and the comic