Background
Arata, Luis Oscar was born on November 5, 1950 in Buenos Aires. Came to the United States, 1968. Son of Luis A. and Emilia M. (Güell) Arata.
(Along with Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco, Fernando Ar...)
Along with Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco, Fernando Arrabal is a major exponent of the Theater of the Absurd. In this study Arrabal's plays are seen as a contemporary expression of a festive form of theater that flourished during the Middle Ages and that had its roots in the drama of Aeschylus and Aristophanes. With this view of Arrabal's work, Luis Arata explores the nature of play in art in the light of Jean Piaget's psychology. He thus offers a new way to approach festive and playful art.
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Arata, Luis Oscar was born on November 5, 1950 in Buenos Aires. Came to the United States, 1968. Son of Luis A. and Emilia M. (Güell) Arata.
Bachelor of Science in Physics summa cum laude, University Pittsburgh, 1971. Master of Arts in French Literature, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy in Romance Studies and Mathematics, Cornell University, 1978.
Postdoctoral fellow Center for Twentieth Century Studies, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1978-1979;
lecturer comparative literature, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1980;
founder, managing director, Paradox Studio Theatre, Inc., Milwaukee, 1979-1983;
head foreign languages, Hamden (Connecticut) Hall School, 1984-1991;
assistant professor modern languages, Quinnipiac College, Hamden, since 1991. Visiting assistant professor romance languages Colgate University, 1978. Visiting faculty fellowYale U., 1990-1991.
Presenter 83d meeting Michigan Academy Arts and Sciences, 1979, Modern Language Association Convention, 1979, Ohio State University, 1981, Connecticut Council Foreign Language Teachers Conference, 1988, 23d N.E. Conference on Social Studies, Hartford, Connecticut, 1992, State University of New York, Potsdam, 1991, U. Cincinnati, 1992.
(Along with Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco, Fernando Ar...)
Member Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Authors League American, Dramatists Guild, Connecticut Council Languages Teachers, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Laurele Marie Hernandez, May 24, 1975. Children: Julio S., P. Carlos.