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Myth On The Modern Stage
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Author : Hugh Dickinson
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
Myth On The Modern Stage written by Hugh Dickinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Drama categories.
Re Visioning Myth
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Author : Frances Babbage
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Re Visioning Myth written by Frances Babbage and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with European drama categories.
The first in-depth assessment of ‘re-vision’ as a phenomenon in women’s drama, examining the diverse ways in which classical myth narratives have been reworked by women playwrights for the European stage. This study explores the ideological and aesthetic potential of such practice and silmultaneously exposes the tensions inherent in attempts to challenge narratives that have fundamentally shaped western thought. From tracing the persistence of classical myths in contemporary culture and the significance of this in shaping gendered identities and opportunities, through to analysis of individual plays and productions, Babbage reveals how myths have served in the theatre as ‘pretexts’ for ideological debate; enabling exploration of the fragile borders between mythic and the everyday and how revision has been regarded, not unproblematically, as a route towards restructuring the self. This makes compelling reading for anyone interested in women’s writing for the theatre or wider practices of adaptation in literature and performance.
Myth On The Modern Stage
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Author : Hugh Dickinson
language : en
Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 1969
Myth On The Modern Stage written by Hugh Dickinson and has been published by Urbana : University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Literary Criticism categories.
Myth And Modern American Drama
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Author : Thomas E. Porter
language : en
Publisher: Detroit : Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 1969
Myth And Modern American Drama written by Thomas E. Porter and has been published by Detroit : Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Literary Criticism categories.
The contemporary student of dramatic criticism in America, unlike his counterparts in poetry and fiction, does not have a well-developed theoretical and analytical foundation from which to proceed. Apart from a "heterogenous collection of aphorisms and traditional tags," dramatic criticism tends toward a discrete focus, based on the shifting ground of personal opinion. Seeking a more integral view, Father Porter persuasively recommends a course suggested by the Cambridge Anthropologists as a means to a more fundamental approach to dramatic criticism. His approach relates drama to the cultural milieu in which it is produced, and creates a basis upon which to examine dramatic structure and meaning in a unified context. In the Introduction, the author examines what is involved in the cultural milieu as it relates to the theater. He includes the immediate American cultural situation as well as the dramatic tradition inherited by the playwright from his predecessors and the heritage of Western culture, "in effect, all those attitudes, ideals and traditions that determine or affect values, supply strategies and pattern human activities." A careful analysis of each of the major components of the cultural milieu utilizes illustrations from the plays subsequently studied in the book. On the basis of this thorough groundwork, Father Porter has selected nine American plays for analysis. Some-Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra, T. S. Eliot's The Cocktail Party, and Archibald MacLeish's J. B.-draw on traditional or conventional literary and dramatic sources which are molded into a new dramatic shape by their fusion with American attitudes. Others-Sidney Kingsley's Detective Story, Miller's Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, Thornton Wilder's Our Town, and Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?-use popular sub-literary genres or contemporary institutions to forge new patterns of dramatic action. Just as the preceding nine chapters illustrate the utility of a general theoretical approach to dramatic criticism in the analysis of individual works, the concluding chapter vindicates the approach in terms of the light it enables Father Porter to shed on American drama per se. This work combines the virtues of an agreeable style and clarity of presentation with scholarly analysis. It will be valuable to scholars and students and the theatergoing public.
The Myth Of Identity In Modern Drama
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Author : Jeremy Ekberg
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2015-09-18
The Myth Of Identity In Modern Drama written by Jeremy Ekberg and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Myth of Identity in Modern Drama is the first book-length study on existential authenticity and its relation to ontological embodiment treated via analyses of characters of modern drama. Furthermore, it offers new methods of exploring characters and characterization and new ways of thinking about identity. Through its investigations of the plays of Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco and Jean-Paul Sartre, the book shows that the study of embodiment will allow for a new method of analyzing characters and how they form, or attempt to form, ever-changing identities.
Ancient Sun Modern Light
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Author : Marianne McDonald
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 1991-12-30
Ancient Sun Modern Light written by Marianne McDonald and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-12-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
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Myth In The Modern Novel
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Author : Liisa Steinby
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2023-03-20
Myth In The Modern Novel written by Liisa Steinby and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-20 with Literary Criticism categories.
Myth in the Modern Novel: Imagining the Absolute posits a twofold thesis. First, although Modernity is regarded as an era dominated by science and rational thought, it has in fact not relinquished the hold of myth, a more "primitive" form of thought which is difficult to reconcile with modern rationality. Second, some of the most important statements as to the reconcilability of myth and Modernity are found in the work of certain prominent novelists. This book offers a close examination of the work of eleven writers from the late eighteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first, representing German, French, American, Czech and Swedish literature. The analyses of individual novels reveal a variety of intriguing views of myth in Modernity, and offer an insight into the "modernizing" transformations myth has undergone when applied in the modern novel. The study shows the presence of the "subconscious", the mythic layer, in modern western culture and how this has been dealt with in novelistic literature.
Myth
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Author : K. K. Ruthven
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-20
Myth written by K. K. Ruthven and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-20 with Literary Criticism categories.
First published in 1976, this book provides a helpful introduction to the study of myth as a concept and its relationship to literature. It examines historically some of the leading theories concerning the nature and origins of myth and, with reference to a wide variety of texts, illustrates the relevance of these theories to literature. It also considers the different ways in which myths have been perceived over time, both positive and negative, and the effect this has had on the production of new mythologies. It concludes with an assessment if the problems created by the presence of myth in literature and its use as a tool of literary criticism.
History As Theatrical Metaphor
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Author : Ian Brown
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-09-24
History As Theatrical Metaphor written by Ian Brown and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-24 with Performing Arts categories.
This revelatory study explores how Scottish history plays, especially since the 1930s, raise issues of ideology, national identity, historiography, mythology, gender and especially Scottish language. Covering topics up to the end of World War Two, the book addresses the work of many key figures from the last century of Scottish theatre, including Robert McLellan and his contemporaries, and also Hector MacMillan, Stewart Conn, John McGrath, Donald Campbell, Bill Bryden, Sue Glover, Liz Lochhead, Jo Clifford, Peter Arnott, David Greig, Rona Munro and others often neglected or misunderstood. Setting these writers’ achievements in the context of their Scottish and European predecessors, Ian Brown offers fresh insights into key aspects of Scottish theatre. As such, this represents the first study to offer an overarching view of historical representation on Scottish stages, exploring the nature of ‘history’ and ‘myth’ and relating these afresh to how dramatists use – and subvert – them. Engaging and accessible, this innovative book will attract scholars and students interested in history, ideology, mythology, theatre politics and explorations of national and gender identity.
On The Uses Of The Fantastic In Modern Theatre
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Author : I. Eynat-Confino
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2008-11-24
On The Uses Of The Fantastic In Modern Theatre written by I. Eynat-Confino and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-24 with Performing Arts categories.
The book reveals how the fantastic is used in modern theatre as a manipulative device to encode the unspeakable and control audience response, challenging conventional readings of all authors who use the fantastic.