El Teatro De Alfonsina Storni: Feminismo E Innovacion (alfonsina Storni S Theater: Feminism And Innovation).

The Preface introduces the methodology, feminist theories, and critical works that back up my research. Chapter one is a general introduction to Argentine theater and Stornis feminist approach to its renovation. The second chapter examines her innovation of the Argentine stage of the early twentieth century through an analysis of her realist plays El amo del mundo (1927) and La debilidad de Mr. Dougall. Stornis revolutionary avant-garde pyrotechnic style is studied in Chapter three through her Dos farsas pirotecnicas (1931): Polixena y la cocinerita and Cimbelina en 1900 y pico . In order to round out the study of Stornis program of social feminist change, I examine in Chapter four the social, moral, and gender lessons inscribed in her six posthumously published children plays, Blanco…Negro…Blanco , Pedro y Pedrito, El Dios de los pajaros, Jorge y su conciencia, Los degolladores de estatuas and Un sueno en el camino. The assessment of Stornis contributions to feminism and Argentine theater is summarized in the Conclusion.