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Author | : Manfred Pfister |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521423830 |
Manfred Pfister's book is the first to provide a coherent comprehensive framework for the analysis of plays in all their dramatic and theatrical dimensions. The material on which his analysis is based covers all genres and periods. His approach is systematic rather than historical, combining more abstract categorisations with detailed interpretations of sample texts.
Author | : Bernard Beckerman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : |
Author | : James William Bryant |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2015-10-09 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1482245329 |
In today's confrontational and connected world, communication is the key strategic act. This book uses drama theory-a radical extension of game theory-to show how best to communicate so as to manage the emotionally charged confrontations occurring in any worthwhile relationship. Alongside a toolset that provides a systematic framework for analysing
Author | : Peter Buse |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780719057229 |
Peter Buse illuminates the relationship between modern British drama and contemporary critical and cultural theory. He demonstrates how theory allows fresh insights into familiar drama, pairing well-known plays with classic theory texts. The theoretical text is more than applied to the dramatic text, instead Buse shows how they reflect on each other. Drama + Theory provides not only provides new interpretations of popular plays, but of the theoretical texts as well.
Author | : Christine Schwanecke |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 446 |
Release | : 2022-01-19 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 3110724146 |
This volume argues against Gérard Genette’s theory that there is an “insurmountable opposition” between drama and narrative and shows that the two forms of storytelling have been productively intertwined throughout literary history. Building on the idea that plays often incorporate elements from other genres, especially narrative ones, the present study theorises drama as a fundamentally narrative genre. Guided by the question of how drama tells stories, the first part of the study delineates the general characteristics of dramatic narration and zooms in on the use of narrative forms in drama. The second part proposes a history of dramatic storytelling from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century that transcends conventional genre boundaries. Close readings of exemplary British plays provide an overview of the dominant narrative modes in each period and point to their impact in the broader cultural and historical context of the plays. Finally, the volume argues that throughout history, highly narrative plays have had a performative power that reached well beyond the stage: dramatic storytelling not only reflects socio-political realities, but also largely shapes them.
Author | : Janelle G. Reinelt |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 612 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Theater |
ISBN | : 9780472068869 |
Updated and enlarged, this groundbreaking collection surveys the major critical currents and approaches in drama, theater, and performance
Author | : Suzanne Burgoyne |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2018-09-14 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 3319789287 |
People who don’t know theatre may think the only creative artist in the field is the playwright--with actors, directors, and designers mere “interpreters” of the dramatist’s vision. Historically, however, creative mastery and power have passed through different hands. Sometimes, the playwright did the staging. In other periods, leading actors demanded plays be changed to fatten their roles. The late 19th and 20th centuries saw “the rise of the director,” in which director and playwright struggled for creative dominance. But no matter where the balance of power rested, good theatre artists of all kinds have created powerful experiences for their audience. The purpose of this volume is to bridge the interdisciplinary abyss between the study of creativity in theatre/drama and in other fields. Sharing theories, research findings, and pedagogical practices, the authors and I hope to stimulate discussion among creativity and theatre scholar/teachers, as well as multidisciplinary research. Theatre educators know from experience that performance classes enhance student creativity. This volume is the first to bring together perspectives from multiple disciplines on how drama pedagogy facilitates learning creativity. Drawing on current findings in cognitive science, as well as drama teachers’ lived experience, the contributors analyze how acting techniques train the imagination, allow students to explore alternate identities, and discover the confidence to take risks. The goal is to stimulate further multidisciplinary investigation of theatre education and creativity, with the intention of benefitting both fields.
Author | : Michael J. Sidnell |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1991-05-09 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521326940 |
This book makes available major theoretical writings on drama from the Greeks to the late seventeenth century for students of dramatic theory who require more than representative snippets. All the texts included here have been newly annotated and many have been specially translated for this volume.
Author | : Robert J. Landy |
Publisher | : Charles C Thomas Publisher |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1994-01-01 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0398082081 |
Emerging from the first degree-granting program in drama therapy, this text is the first to examine drama therapy as a discipline. It deals not with drama in therapy but with drama therapy itself, documenting its legitimacy as a distinct field. After reviewing its dramatic and psychotherapeutic context, the author examines the conceptual basis of drama therapy, tracing its interdisciplinary sources and delineating important concepts from related fields. A theoretical model of drama therapy is offered, based on the source material. The most widely practiced techniques of drama therapy are examined, including psychodramatic practices and projective techniques. The author also focuses on appropriate populations and settings: the emotionally, physically, socially, and developmentally disabled in schools, clinics, hospitals, prisons, and other environments. Special attention is directed to therapeutic theatre performances. The text concludes with reports of research, past, present, and future, and offers observations based upon the significant role drama therapy can play in fostering balance within individuals and among peoples.
Author | : Barrett Harper Clark |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : Drama |
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