Adaptations Versions And Perversions In Modern British Drama

Author : Ignacio Ramos Gay
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781443868693

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Adaptations, Versions and Perversions in Modern British Drama by Ignacio Ramos Gay Pdf

This book aims to explore which plays were deemed ‘suitable’ to be reworked for foreign or local stages; what transformations – linguistic, semiotic, theatrical – were undertaken so as to accommodate international audiences; how national literary traditions are forged, altered, and diluted by means of transnational adapting techniques; and, finally, to what extent the categorical boundaries between original plays and adaptations may be blurred on the account of such adjusting textual strategies. It brings together ten articles that scrutinise the linguistic, social, political and theatrical complexities inherent in the intercultural transference of plays. The approaches presented by the different contributors investigate modern British theatre as an instance of diachronic and synchronic transnational adaptations based upon a myriad of influences originating in, and projected upon, other national dramatic traditions. These traditions, rooted in relatively distant geographies and epochs, are traced so as to illustrate the split between the state-imposed identity and personal, subjective identity caused by cultural negotiations of the self in an age of globalism. International frontiers are thus pointed at in order to claim the need to be transcended in the process of cultural re-appropriation associated with theatre performance for international audiences.

Author : Josep M. Armengol
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783030715960

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Aging Masculinities in Contemporary U.S. Fiction by Josep M. Armengol Pdf

This book focuses on representations of aging masculinities in contemporary U.S. fiction, including shifting perceptions of physical and sexual prowess, depression, and loss, but also greater wisdom and confidence, legacy, as well as new affective patterns. The collection also incorporates factors such as race, sexuality and religion. The volume includes studies, amongst others, on Philip Roth, Paul Auster, Toni Morrison, Ernest Gaines, and Edmund White. Ultimately, this study proves that men’s aging experiences as described in contemporary U.S. literature and culture are as complex and varied as those of their female counterparts.

Author : Cristina Pividori,David Owen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781040043301

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(Re)Writing War in Contemporary Literature and Culture by Cristina Pividori,David Owen Pdf

(Re)Writing War in Contemporary Literature and Culture: Beyond Post-Memory is an exploration of war narratives through the lens of postmemory, offering a critical re-evaluation of how contemporary literature and cultural products reshape our understanding of past conflicts. This volume presents a rich tapestry of perspectives, drawing from an array of conflicts and incorporating insights from international experts across various disciplines, including contemporary literature, film studies, visual arts, and cultural studies. It critically builds upon and extends Marianne Hirsch's concept of postmemory, engaging with complex themes like the ethical dimensions of war writing, the authenticity of representations, and the creative power of art in reimagining traumatic events. This study not only challenges traditional boundaries in war literature and memory studies but also resonates with contemporary concerns about societal engagement with violent pasts, making it a significant addition to scholarly discourse and essential reading for those interested in the intersection of history, memory, and literature.

Author : Verónica Rodríguez
Publisher : Springer
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783030061821

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David Greig’s Holed Theatre by Verónica Rodríguez Pdf

With a Foreword by Dan Rebellato, this book offers up a detailed exploration of Scottish playwright David Greig’s work with particular attention to globalization, ethics, and the spectator. It makes the argument that Greig’s theatre works by undoing, cracking, or breaking apart myriad elements to reveal the holed, porous nature of all things. Starting with a discussion of Greig’s engagement with shamanism and arguing for holed theatre as a response to globalization, for Greig’s works’ politics of aesthethics, and for the holed spectator as part of an affective ecology of transfers, this book discusses some of Greig’s most representative political theatre from Europe (1994) to The Events (2013), concluding with an exploration of Greig’s theatre’s world-forming quality.

Author : Madalina Armie,Veronica Membrive
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000832143

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Trauma, Memory and Silence of the Irish Woman in Contemporary Literature by Madalina Armie,Veronica Membrive Pdf

This volume studies the manifestations of female trauma through the exploration of multiple wounds, inflicted on both body and mind (Caruth 1996, 3) and the soul of Irish women from Northern Ireland and the Republic within a contemporary context, and in literary works written at the turn of the twenty-first century and beyond. These artistic manifestations connect tradition and modernity, debunk myths, break the silence with the exposure of uncomfortable realities, dismantle stereotypes and reflect reality with precision. Women’s issues and female experiences depicted in contemporary fiction may provide an explanation for past and present gender dynamics, revealing a pathway for further renegotiation of gender roles and the achievement of equilibrium and equality between sexes. These works might help to seal and heal wounds both old and new and offer solutions to the quandaries of tomorrow.

Author : Asier Altuna-García de Salazar
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781443864084

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Ireland and Dysfunction by Asier Altuna-García de Salazar Pdf

This collection of critical essays finds itself at the intersection of cultural, literary and film studies, and explores the various ways in which dysfunction is expressed in Irish studies. Dysfunction can be regarded as part and parcel of a portrayal of a landscape of trauma and crisis that may have been traditionally repressed in Ireland at large. However, dysfunction also envisages mediation, managing, transcending and healing. As such, this volume examines how Ireland tackles dysfunction at large, but more importantly, how mediation, managing, healing and transcending help in the understanding of the ever-changing and on-going process of the construction of an Irish identity today; sometimes looking back at the past, but always creating the need of inventing new ways to understand the future of Ireland. The collection presents essays which tackle dysfunction from different and multifarious perspectives that range from sociological, historical and literary discourses to more contemporary insights into dysfunction in today’s Ireland. It encompasses theory and analysis and includes the works of both senior academics and emerging scholars, as well as those outside academia.

Author : Arthur J. Pomeroy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118741290

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A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen by Arthur J. Pomeroy Pdf

A comprehensive treatment of the Classical World in film and television, A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen closely examines the films and TV shows centered on Greek and Roman cultures and explores the tension between pagan and Christian worlds. Written by a team of experts in their fields, this work considers productions that discuss social settings as reflections of their times and as indicative of the technical advances in production and the economics of film and television. Productions included are a mix of Hollywood and European spanning from the silent film era though modern day television series, and topics discussed include Hollywood politics in film, soundtrack and sound design, high art and low art, European art cinemas, and the ancient world as comedy. Written for students of film and television as well as those interested in studies of ancient Rome and Greece, A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen provides comprehensive, current thinking on how the depiction of Ancient Greece and Rome on screen has developed over the past century. It reviews how films of the ancient world mirrored shifting attitudes towards Christianity, the impact of changing techniques in film production, and fascinating explorations of science fiction and technical fantasy in the ancient world on popular TV shows like Star Trek, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, and Dr. Who.

Author : William Robert Bray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-28
Category : American drama
ISBN : 1107597900

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Modern British Drama on Screen by William Robert Bray Pdf

The first comprehensive study of British and American films adapted from modern British plays.

Author : Roger Cornish,Violet Ketels
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015012204270

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Landmarks of Modern British Drama: The plays of the seventies by Roger Cornish,Violet Ketels Pdf

Author : Hedwig Bock,Albert Wertheim
Publisher : Munich : M. Hueber
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015008466982

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Essays on Contemporary British Drama by Hedwig Bock,Albert Wertheim Pdf

Author : Stephen Bourne
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780750993630

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Playing Gay in the Golden Age of British TV by Stephen Bourne Pdf

The television set – the humble box in the corner of almost every British household – has brought about some of the biggest social changes in modern times. It gives us a window into the lives of people who are different from us: different classes, different races, different sexualities. And through this window, we've learnt that, perhaps, we're not so different after all. Playing Gay in the Golden Age of British TV looks at gay male representation on and off the small screen – from the programmes that hinted at homoeroticism to Mary Whitehouse's Clean Up TV campaign, and The Naked Civil Servant to the birth of Channel 4 as an exciting 'alternative' television channel. Here, acclaimed social historian Stephen Bourne tells the story of the innovation, experimentation, back-tracking and bravery that led British television to help change society for the better.

Author : Narve Fulsås,Tore Rem
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107187771

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Ibsen, Scandinavia and the Making of a World Drama by Narve Fulsås,Tore Rem Pdf

Reveals the processes by which Ibsen's drama, while firmly rooted in his Scandinavian origins, was appropriated by other European traditions.

Author : Ian Aitken
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1968 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781135206208

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Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film 3-Volume Set by Ian Aitken Pdf

The Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film is a fully international reference work on the history of the documentary film from the Lumière brothers' Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1885) to Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911 (2004). This Encyclopedia provides a resource that critically analyzes that history in all its aspects. Not only does this Encyclopedia examine individual films and the careers of individual film makers, it also provides overview articles of national and regional documentary film history. It explains concepts and themes in the study of documentary film, the techniques used in making films, and the institutions that support their production, appreciation, and preservation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : English literature
ISBN : IND:30000122948403

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Cahiers Élisabéthains by Anonim Pdf

Études sur la pré-renaissance et la renaissance anglaises.

Author : Aleks Sierz
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781408145708

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Rewriting the Nation by Aleks Sierz Pdf

This is an essential guide for anyone interested in the best new British stage plays to emerge in the new millennium. For students of theatre studies and theatre-goers Rewriting the Nation: British Theatre Today is a perfect companion to Britain's burgeoning theatre writing scene. It explores the context from which new plays have emerged and charts the way that playwrights have responded to the key concerns of the decade and helped shape our sense of who we are. In recent years British theatre has seen a renaissance in playwriting accompanied by a proliferation of writing awards and new writing groups. The book provides an in-depth exploration of the industry and of the key plays and playwrights. It opens by defining what is meant by 'new writing' and providing a study of the leading theatres, such as the Royal Court, the Traverse, the Bush, the Hampstead and the National theatres, together with the London fringe and the work of touring companies. In the second part, Sierz provides a fascinating survey of the main issues that have characterised new plays in the first decade of the new century, such as foreign policy and war overseas, economic boom and bust, divided communities and questions of identity and race. It considers too how playwrights have re-examined domestic issues of family, of love, of growing up, and the fantasies and nightmares of the mind. Against the backdrop of economic, political and social change under New Labour, Sierz shows how British theatre responded to these changes and in doing so has been and remains deeply involved in the project of rewriting the nation.