Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 20 AIL 1917 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Chekhov in Translation
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The idea
Chekhov's plays are also read here in translation. His manner is the opposite of Ibsen's argument: people talk past each other, and what matters is often what is not said. Unit fourteen's question about who a speech is aimed at becomes the central one.
In practice
People talking past each other.
Where people slip
What is not said carries the scene.
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