Abstract:This article suggests that Augusto Boal's play, A Lua Pequena e a Caminhada Perigosa , a documentary drama about Che Guevara's execution in Bolivia, is an example of "global allegory," differing from Fredric Jameson's notion of "national allegory" because it addresses specific political situations in multiple countries simultaneously. Local stage productions, however, transform global allegories into national allegories, since performances respond to varying political climates. Thus, the same allegory that con… Show more
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