La crisis del lenguaje en La cantatrice chauve

Abstract

La cantatrice chauve represents the critical movement currently known as Crisis of language. In order to treat meaning and communication in a spectacular manner,
Ionesco places on stage several compulsive characters, immersed in a saturated space and in an insane time. In his attempt to give the Crisis of language the strongest scenic projection, the author introduces an element —fire-into the dialogue itself, which will determine the final effect of the play: the disassembling of the speech.