期刊名称：Lapis Lazuli : an International Literary Journal
电子版ISSN：2249-4529
出版年度：2013
卷号：3
期号：2
出版社：Pinter Society of India
摘要：The Balcony by Jean Genet is a play that explores themes like illusion versus reality, role-playing and the nature of theatricality itself. Based in a "House of Illusions" (brothel), the vantage point that Genet offers to his readers is clearly upside-down. In other words, one approaches the acceptable/normative through the structural framework of the taboo. Examining the tropes of mirrors and reflection, this paper attempts to examine the inverted world that this "House of Illusions" represents. Role-playing by the characters and the inversion of social roles are themes that heighten this inversion
关键词：Absurd; Illusory; House of Illusions; normative; metatheatrical; textured; reflection; ;role-playing.
