The Nobel Prize for Literature Awarded to a Clown?
by Liu Minghou
About This Novel
Dario Fo (1926-2016), who won the 1997 Nobel Prize for Literature, is the most controversial Nobel Prize winner, "because he inherited the tradition of medieval entertainers, ridiculed power, and restored dignity to the oppressed." This article sorts out Dario Fo's comedy creation process, and selects nine representative works from the more than fifty comedies he created throughout his life for introduction and analysis. From these works, we can feel that Dario Fo has keen insight and superb acting skills. He is good at using witticisms and black humor to ridicule, insinuate, and lash out various ugly phenomena in real life. He uses comedy expressions that are popular among the public to expose darkness, criticize current ills, and explore various contemporary real problems, which has very broad practical significance.
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