Six Characters in Search of an Author

Six characters in Search of an Author

Introduction

Luigi Pirandello is the author of 'Six Characters in Search of an Author' which presents the human subject as alienated and fragmented. Representing the human subject in this way aligns with the Modernist notions such as uncertainty, self consciousness and ambiguity. The manner of Luigi Pirandello for doing this is by lifting the audience beyond the reality and then retreating from conventional form and language. Therefore, Six characters in search of an author then basically revolves around the concerns such as distinction between art and life, reality, the concept ...