Le théâtre nippon dans le théâtre français du XXe siècle

The influence of Japanese theater in France not only shaped the different phases of reception of the Japanese entity, but also distinguished itself by a reciprocal mirror effect between France and Japan. Furthermore, this effect helped develop the view on culture and art in general and thus contributed to a cosmopolitan reading of theater. The authors in this study - Paul Claudel, Jean Genet and Gabriel Cousin - reproduced the cultural, scenic and ritual signifiers of Japanese theater one-to-one. Additionally, they adapted them through a new coding process that was shaped by their aesthetic and sociocultural ideas.