Drama The Dramatic

Author : S. W. Dawson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781315388694

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Drama & the Dramatic by S. W. Dawson Pdf

First published in 1970, this book explores drama as literature and provides critical overviews of different aspects of drama and the dramatic. It first asks what a play is, before going on to examine dramatic language, action and tension, dramatic irony, characters and drama’s relationship with modern criticism and the novel. This book will be a valuable resource to those studying drama and English literature.

Author : Christine Schwanecke
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110724141

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A Narratology of Drama by Christine Schwanecke Pdf

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 : S. W. Dawson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:884267122

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Drama and the Dramatic by S. W. Dawson Pdf

Author : Judith Kase-Polisini
Publisher : Anchorage Press (UK)
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Education
ISBN : 0876020287

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The Creative Drama Book by Judith Kase-Polisini Pdf

Author : Elisabeth Tova Bailey
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781616200244

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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey Pdf

In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Tova Bailey shares an inspiring and intimate story of her encounter with a Neohelix albolabris—a common woodland snail. While an illness keeps her bedridden, Bailey watches a wild snail that has taken up residence on her nightstand. As a result, she discovers the solace and sense of wonder that this mysterious creature brings and comes to a greater understanding of her own place in the world. Intrigued by the snail’s molluscan anatomy, cryptic defenses, clear decision making, hydraulic locomotion, and courtship activities, Bailey becomes an astute and amused observer, offering a candid and engaging look into the curious life of this underappreciated small animal. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating is a remarkable journey of survival and resilience, showing us how a small part of the natural world can illuminate our own human existence, while providing an appreciation of what it means to be fully alive.

Author : S. W. Dawson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:247178462

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Drama and the Dramatic by S. W. Dawson Pdf

Author : Manfred Pfister
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Drama
ISBN : 052142383X

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The Theory and Analysis of Drama by Manfred Pfister Pdf

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 : Hans-Thies Lehmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317276289

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Tragedy and Dramatic Theatre by Hans-Thies Lehmann Pdf

This comprehensive, authoritative account of tragedy is the culmination of Hans-Thies Lehmann’s groundbreaking contributions to theatre and performance scholarship. It is a major milestone in our understanding of this core foundation of the dramatic arts. From the philosophical roots and theories of tragedy, through its inextricable relationship with drama, to its impact upon post-dramatic forms, this is the definitive work in its field. Lehmann plots a course through the history of dramatic thought, taking in Aristotle, Plato, Seneca, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Lacan, Shakespeare, Schiller, Holderlin, Wagner, Maeterlinck, Yeats, Brecht, Kantor, Heiner Müller and Sarah Kane.

Author : Christine Schwanecke
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110724110

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A Narratology of Drama by Christine Schwanecke Pdf

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 : Richard Courtney
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1989-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0889242135

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Play, Drama & Thought by Richard Courtney Pdf

This important reference work is essential reading for drama educators, therapists, and others in the helping professions. Part I considers drama from the perspective of the philosophers, from those of ancient Greece to modern times. Part II examines drama and play as seen by various schools of psychology, beginning with the depth psychology of Freud, Jung and Adler, and going on to discuss more recent schools, such as the drama therapy of Jacob Moreno. In Part III, the authors considers drama from a broader sociological and anthropological perspective, giving us a glimpse of its importance in cultures distant from each other in time and space. Part IV ties together the earlier chapters, and we see how drama relates to intuition, symbolism, and the fundamental structures of human thought.

Author : Gustav Freytag
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015055122504

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Freytag's Technique of the Drama by Gustav Freytag Pdf

Author : Gustav Freytag,Elias J. MacEwan
Publisher : Scholarly Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015000701295

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Freytag's Technique of the Drama by Gustav Freytag,Elias J. MacEwan Pdf

Author : Sarah J. Ablett
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783839452103

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Dramatic Disgust by Sarah J. Ablett Pdf

Aesthetic disgust is a key component of most classic works of drama because it has much more potential than to simply shock the audience. This first extensive study on dramatic disgust places this sensation among pity and fear as one of the core emotions that can achieve katharsis in drama. The book sets out in antiquity and traces the history of dramatic disgust through Kant, Freud, and Kristeva to Sarah Kane's in-yer-face theatre. It establishes a framework to analyze forms and functions of disgust in drama by investigating its different cognates (miasma, abjection, etc.). Providing a concise argument against critics who have discredited aesthetic disgust as juvenile attention-grabbing, Sarah J. Ablett explains how this repulsive emotion allows theatre to dig deeper into what it means to be human.

Author : Michael J. Sidnell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1991-05-09
Category : Drama
ISBN : 052132694X

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Sources of Dramatic Theory: Volume 1, Plato to Congreve by Michael J. Sidnell Pdf

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 : Katja Gvozdeva,Tatiana Korneeva,Kirill Ospovat
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004329768

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Dramatic Experience by Katja Gvozdeva,Tatiana Korneeva,Kirill Ospovat Pdf

In Dramatic Experience: The Poetics of Drama and the Early Modern Public Sphere(s) Katja Gvozdeva, Tatiana Korneeva, and Kirill Ospovat (eds.) focus on a fundamental question that transcends the disciplinary boundaries of theatre studies: how and to what extent did the convergence of dramatic theory, theatrical practice, and various modes of audience experience — among both theatregoers and readers of drama — contribute, during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, to the emergence of symbolic, social, and cultural space(s) we call ‘public sphere(s)’? Developing a post-Habermasian understanding of the public sphere, the articles in this collection demonstrate that related, if diverging, conceptions of the ‘public’ existed in a variety of forms, locations, and cultures across early modern Europe — and in Asia.