Dramatic Structure In The Contemporary American Theatre

Author : Robert Andreach
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781938288340

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Dramatic Structure in the Contemporary American Theatre by Robert Andreach Pdf

In this follow-up to his 2012 The Contemporary American Dramatic Trilogy, Robert J. Andreach continues his unique study of dramatic structure as evidenced through the overarching themes of contemporary American trilogies. The themes of the first play in a trilogy, he shows, can be far different from those developed as the sequence continues, citing examples from playwrights as varied as David Rabe and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Quiara Alegráa Hudes. Looking at the ways structure in a tragedy can be substituted for the Aristotelian plot, Andreach makes clear that because creating or reinventing oneself can be such a primary motivating force in American culture, a character's failed attempt to change the structure or plot of his or her life may indeed be tragic. The dramatic trilogy has been flourishing for some time now in new works and revivals of older ones by American, British, and European playwrights, with examples such as the Hunger Games trilogy and the Fifty Shades trilogy moving more recently even into the popular sphere. Combining his skills as both a professional reviewer of theater and a literary critic, Robert Andreach is in a unique position to provide coherence to what most observers perceive as an unrelated welter of contemporary theatrical experiences.

Author : Annette Saddik
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780748630660

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Contemporary American Drama by Annette Saddik Pdf

This book explores the development of contemporary theatre in the United States in its historical, political and theoretical dimensions. It focuses on representative plays and performance texts that experiment with form and content, discussing influential playwrights and performance artists such as Tennessee Williams, Adrienne Kennedy, Sam Shepard, Tony Kushner, Charles Ludlum, Anna Deavere Smith, Karen Finley and Will Power, alongside avant-garde theatre groups. Saddik traces the development of contemporary drama since 1945, and discusses the cross-cultural impact of postwar British and European innovations on American theatre from the 1950s to the present day in order to examine the performance of American identity. She argues that contemporary American theatre is primarily a postmodern drama of inclusion and diversity that destabilizes the notion of fixed identity and questions the nature of reality.

Author : Carolyn P. Henly,Angela Stancar Johnson
Publisher : Hodder Education
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-02
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781510463080

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Literary analysis for English Literature for the IB Diploma by Carolyn P. Henly,Angela Stancar Johnson Pdf

Build confidence in a range of key literary analysis techniques and skills with this practical companion, full of advice and guidance from experienced experts. - Build analysis techniques and skills through a range of strategies, serving as a useful companion throughout the course - from critical-thinking, referencing and citation and the development of a line of inquiry to reflecting on the writing process and constructing essays for Paper 1 and Paper 2 - Develop skills in how to approach a text using literary analysis strategies and critical theory, for both unseen literary texts (the basis of Paper 1) and texts studied in class - Learn how to engage with texts so that you can write convincingly and passionately about literature through active reading, note-taking, asking questions, and developing a personal response to texts - Concise, clear explanations help students navigate the IB requirements, including advice on assessment objectives and how literary analysis weaves through Paper 1, Paper 2, the HL Essay, Individual Oral and the Learner Profile - Engaging activities are provided to test understanding of each topic and develop skills for the exam - guiding answers are available to check responses

Author : Annette J. Saddik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : American drama
ISBN : 1780343485

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Contemporary American Drama by Annette J. Saddik Pdf

This book explores the development of contemporary theatre in the United States in its historical, political and theoretical dimensions.

Author : Luke Yankee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350155596

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The Art of Writing for the Theatre by Luke Yankee Pdf

Filled with practical advice from an award-winning playwright, with a range of resources to guide you in the craft and business of theatre writing, The Art of Writing for the Theatre provides everything you need to write like a seasoned theatre professional, including: * how to analyze and break down a script * how to write a wide range of plays * how to critique a theatre production * how to construct and craft critical essays, cover letters, and theatrical resumes This thorough introduction is supplemented with exercises and new interviews with a host of internationally acclaimed playwrights, lyricists, and critics, including Marsha Norman, Beth Henley, Lyn Gardner, Octavio Solis, Ismail Khalidi, and David Zippel, among many others. Accompanying online resources include playwriting and script analysis worksheets and exercises, an example of a playwriting resume, and critical points to consider on playwriting, design, acting, directing and choreography.

Author : Robert J. Andreach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : American drama
ISBN : 1680531786

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Approaches to the Contemporary American Theatre by Robert J. Andreach Pdf

"This is a series of essays on contemporary theatre in the United States"--

Author : Deborah R. Geis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015032879507

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Postmodern Theatric(k)s by Deborah R. Geis Pdf

Assesses monologue's postmodern disruptions of linear narrative and character development.

Author : Patricia R. Schroeder
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0838633323

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The Presence of the Past in Modern American Drama by Patricia R. Schroeder Pdf

This study focuses on Eugene O'Neill, Thornton Wilder, Arthur Miller, and Tennessee Williams, who, within the overall framework of formal realism, reshaped dramatic form to depict a past that interacts with the present in complex and often surprising ways. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Award in Modern Drama.

Author : María Magdalena GARCÍA LORENZO,Ana Isabel ZAMORANO RUEDA
Publisher : Editorial UNED
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9788436265323

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Modern and Contemporary American Literature by María Magdalena GARCÍA LORENZO,Ana Isabel ZAMORANO RUEDA Pdf

Dirigido a estudiantes de la UNED para la asignatura "Literatura Norteamericana y Contemporanea" del grado "Estudios Ingleses: Lengua, Literatura y Cultura". Ofrece un recorrido por la vida de los autores, las preocupaciones del siglo XX en la literatura americana y presta principal atención al modernismo y al posmodernismo como grandes momentos culturales.

Author : Marc Maufort
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : American drama
ISBN : 9052010331

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Labyrinth of Hybridities by Marc Maufort Pdf

Taking its cue from Eugene O'Neill's questioning of «faithful realism», voiced by Edmund Tyrone in Long Day's Journey into Night, this book examines the distant legacy of the Irish American playwright in contemporary multiethnic drama in the U.S. It explores the labyrinth of formal devices through which African American, Latina/o, First Nations, and Asian American dramatists have unconsciously reinterpreted O'Neill's questioning of mimesis. In their works, hybridizations of stage realism function as aesthetic celebrations of the spiritual potentialities of cultural in-betweenness. This volume provides detailed analyses of over forty plays authored by such key artists as August Wilson, Suzan-Lori Parks, José Rivera, Cherríe Moraga, Hanay Geiogamah, Diane Glancy, David Henry Hwang, and Chay Yew, to give only a few prominent examples. All in all, Labyrinth of Hybridities invites its readers to reassess the cross-cultural patterns characterizing the history of twentieth century American drama.

Author : Robert J. Andreach
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0809321785

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Creating the Self in the Contemporary American Theatre by Robert J. Andreach Pdf

"Exploring the theatre from the 1960s to the present, Robert J. Andreach shows the various ways in which the contemporary American theatre creates a personal, theatrical, and national self." "Andreach argues that the contemporary American theatre creates multiple selves that reflect and give voice to the many communities within our multicultural society. These selves are fragmented and enclaved, however, which makes necessary a counter movement that seeks, through interaction among the various parts, to heal the divisions within, between, and among them." --Book Jacket.

Author : Bruce King
Publisher : Springer
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781349215829

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Contemporary American Theatre by Bruce King Pdf

Author : Philip C. Kolin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781135866488

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Contemporary African American Women Playwrights by Philip C. Kolin Pdf

'The impressive array of scholars gathered in this collection, all experts in the field, read the plays with nuance and situate them deftly within their cultural and historical contexts. Scholars of contemporary theater and drama and of African American literature will find value in this engaging collection.' – Choice 'For students and scholars of American theatre and drama generally and African American theatre and drama most particularly, this is an extremely valuable critical source.' – Harry Elam, Stanford University, USA In the last fifty years, American and World theatre has been challenged and enriched by the rise to prominence of numerous female African American dramatists. Contemporary African American Women Playwrights is the first critical volume to explore the contexts and influences of these writers, and their exploration of black history and identity through a wealth of diverse, courageous and visionary dramas. Kolin compiles a wealth of new essays, comprising: Yale scholar David Krasner on the dramatic legacy of Lorraine Hansberry, Zora Neale Hurston, Marita Bonner and Georgia Douglas Johnson individual chapters devoted to: Alice Childress, Sonia Sanchez, Adrienne Kennedy, Ntozake Shange, Pearl Cleage, Aishah Rahman, Glenda Dickerson, Anna Deavere Smith and Suzan Lori-Parks an essay and accompanying interview with Lynn Nottage comprehensive discussion of attendant theatrical forms, from choreopoems and surrealistic plays, to documentary theatre and civil rights dramas, and their use in challenging racial and gender hierarchies. Contributors: Brandi Wilkins Catanese, Soyica Diggs, James Fisher, Freda Scott Giles, Joan Wylie Hall, Philip C. Kolin, David Krasner, Sandra G. Shannon, Debby Thompson, Beth Turner and Jacqueline Wood.

Author : Dennis Kennedy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780199574193

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The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance by Dennis Kennedy Pdf

An authoritative reference covering primarily actors, playwrights, directors, styles and movements, companies and organizations.

Author : Robert J. Andreach
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780761864011

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Tragedy in the Contemporary American Theatre by Robert J. Andreach Pdf

This book examines plays by contemporary playwrights and compares them alongside the works of Eugene O’Neill, Arthur Miller, and Tennessee Williams. Andreach argues that tragedy is not only present in contemporary American theatre, but issues from an expectation fundamental to American culture: the pressure on characters to create themselves.