Modern Tragicomedy And The British Tradition

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Modern Tragicomedy And The British Tradition

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Author : Richard Dutton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986

Modern Tragicomedy And The British Tradition written by Richard Dutton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Literary Criticism categories.

Modern Tragicomedy And The British Tradition

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Author : Richard Dutton
language : en
Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 1986-01-01

Modern Tragicomedy And The British Tradition written by Richard Dutton and has been published by Norman : University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-01-01 with English drama categories.

The Name And Nature Of Tragicomedy

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Author : Verna A. Foster
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-03-02

The Name And Nature Of Tragicomedy written by Verna A. Foster and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-02 with Literary Criticism categories.

Focusing on European tragicomedy from the early modern period to the theatre of the absurd, Verna Foster here argues for the independence of tragicomedy as a genre that perceives and communicates human experience differently from the various forms of tragedy, comedy, and the drame (serious drama that is neither comic nor tragic). Foster posits that, in the sense of the dramaturgical and emotional fusion of tragic and comic elements to create a distinguishable new genre, tragicomedy has emerged only twice in the history of drama. She argues that tragicomedy first emerged and was controversial in the Renaissance; and that it has in modern times replaced tragedy itself as the most serious and moving of all dramatic genres. In the first section of the book, the author analyzes the name 'tragicomedy' and the genre's problems of identity; then goes on to explore early modern tragicomedies by Shakespeare, Beaumont and Fletcher, and Massinger. A transitional chapter addresses cognate genres. The final section of the book focuses on modern tragicomedies by Ibsen, Chekhov, Synge, O'Casey, Williams, Ionesco, Beckett and Pinter. By exploring dramaturgical similarities between early modern and modern tragicomedies, Foster demonstrates the persistence of tragicomedy's generic markers and provides a more precise conceptual framework for the genre than has so far been available.

Tragicomedy And Contemporary Culture

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Author : John Orr
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-07-27

Tragicomedy And Contemporary Culture written by John Orr and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-27 with Social Science categories.

This study examines the historical relationship between tragicomedy in the modernist theatre and the performative culture of Western consumer societies. While discussing a wide range of playwrights, it focusses specifically on the work of Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter and Sam Shepard. Their plays, it is argued, illuminate the forms of pleasure, fear, performance and corruption which dominate our daily lives. Tragicomedy is seen as unique becuae of the existential playfulness and confusion of its protagonists, and because of its muted vision of apocalypse in the nuclear age.

The Princeton Encyclopedia Of Poetry And Poetics

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Author : Roland Greene
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2012-08-26

The Princeton Encyclopedia Of Poetry And Poetics written by Roland Greene and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-26 with Literary Criticism categories.

Rev. ed. of: The Princeton encyclopedia of poetry and poetics / Alex Preminger and T.V.F. Brogan, co-editors; Frank J. Warnke, O.B. Hardison, Jr., and Earl Miner, associate editors. 1993.

The Function Of Song In Contemporary British Drama

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Author : Elizabeth Hale Winkler
language : en
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Release Date : 1990

The Function Of Song In Contemporary British Drama written by Elizabeth Hale Winkler and has been published by University of Delaware Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Literary Criticism categories.

This comprehensive study formulates an original theory that dramatic song must be perceived as a separate genre situated between poetry, music, and theater. It focuses on John Arden, Margaretta D'Arcy, Edward Bond, Peter Barnes, John Osborne, Peter Nichols, Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Peter Shaffer, and John McGrath.

Contemporary British Drama 1970 90

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Author : Hersh Zeifman
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1993-04-27

Contemporary British Drama 1970 90 written by Hersh Zeifman and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-04-27 with Literary Criticism categories.

This book focuses exclusively on the exciting and provocative plays produced in England in the last two decades. The primary aim of the collection is to celebrate the truly remarkable range of British drama since 1970, by examining the work of fourteen important and representative playwrights. This emphasis on range applies not only to the dramatists chosen for inclusion but to the critics as well - specifically to the diversity of critical methodology demonstrated in their essays.

Englisches Theater Der Gegenwart

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Author : Klaus Peter Müller
language : de
Publisher: Gunter Narr Verlag
Release Date : 1993

Englisches Theater Der Gegenwart written by Klaus Peter Müller and has been published by Gunter Narr Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with English categories.

Tragedy A Very Short Introduction

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Author : Adrian Poole
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2005-08-11

Tragedy A Very Short Introduction written by Adrian Poole and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-11 with Literary Criticism categories.

What do we mean by 'tragedy' in present-day usage? When we turn on the news, does a report of the latest atrocity have any connection with the masterpieces of Sophocles, Shakespeare and Racine? What has tragedy been made to mean by dramatists, story-tellers, critics, philosophers, politicians and journalists over the last two and a half millennia? Why do we still read, re-write, and stage these old plays? This book argues for the continuities between 'then' and 'now'. Addressing questions about belief, blame, mourning, revenge, pain, witnessing, timing and ending, Adrian Poole demonstrates the age-old significance of our attempts to make sense of terrible suffering. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Literary Criticism And Theory

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Author : Pelagia Goulimari
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-09-15

Literary Criticism And Theory written by Pelagia Goulimari and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-15 with Literary Criticism categories.

This incredibly useful volume offers an introduction to the history of literary criticism and theory from ancient Greece to the present. Grounded in the close reading of landmark theoretical texts, while seeking to encourage the reader's critical response, Pelagia Goulimari examines: major thinkers and critics from Plato and Aristotle to Foucault, Derrida, Kristeva, Said and Butler; key concepts, themes and schools in the history of literary theory: mimesis, inspiration, reason and emotion, the self, the relation of literature to history, society, culture and ethics, feminism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, queer theory; genres and movements in literary history: epic, tragedy, comedy, the novel; Romanticism, realism, modernism and postmodernism. Historical connections between theorists and theories are traced and the book is generously cross-referenced. With useful features such as key-point conclusions, further reading sections, descriptive text boxes, detailed headings, and with a comprehensive index, this book is the ideal introduction to anyone approaching literary theory for the first time or unfamiliar with the scope of its history.