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The illustration shows a bald man with a beard

Printed

121 pages

Hanswurst von Salzburg mit dem hölzernen Gat

Johann Friedrich Schink
| 1778 | Berlin, Germany | German
  • Scene of recognition
  • Bawdy equivocation
  • Splitting of the body
  • Prologue
  • Address to the public
  • Love story
  • Hanging scene
  • Play in verse
  • Epilogue
  • Unexpected turn of events
  • Brothel scene
  • Foul language register
  • Allusion to current literary events
  • Turkey
  • Sultan
  • Seraglio
  • Unfaithfulness
  • Prostitution
  • Suicide
  • Education
  • Literary criticism
  • Sturm und Drang
  • Genie
  • Adventure
  • Navigation
  • Sea
  • Sex
  • Human castration
  • Mutilation
  • Childbirth
  • Storm
  • Tempest
  • Scatology
  • Colic
  • Fart
  • Fornication
  • Triviality
  • Obscenity
Literary tones
Satirical
Audience
Not specified

Electronic text

23 pages

Jerk

Dennis Cooper
| 2008 | France | English
  • Alternating narrative / dialogue
  • Recounting of memories
  • Address to the public
  • Puppet theatre within the theatre
  • Off-stage voice
  • Musical pause
  • Murder
  • Torture
  • Blood
  • Sex
  • Perversity
  • Madness
  • Drugs
  • Serial killer
  • Teenagers
  • United States of America
  • Drug addiction
  • Minor news
  • Homosexuality
  • Schizophrenia
  • Evil
Literary tones
Tragic, Humorous, Gore
Animations techniques
Actor and puppet
, Glove-puppet
, Ventriloquism
, Full-view manipulation
Audience
Adults