Love In Contemporary British Drama

Author : Korbinian Stöckl
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110714708

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Love in Contemporary British Drama by Korbinian Stöckl Pdf

Despite the recent turn to affects and emotions in the humanities and despite the unceasing popularity of romantic and erotic love as a motif in fictional works of all genres, the subject has received surprisingly little attention in academic studies of contemporary drama. Love in Contemporary British Drama reflects the appeal of love as a topic and driving force in dramatic works with in-depth analyses of eight pivotal plays from the past three decades. Following an interdisciplinary and historical approach, the study collects and condenses theories of love from philosophy and sociology to derive persisting discourses and to examine their reoccurrence and transformation in contemporary plays. Special emphasis is put on narratives of love’s compensatory function and precariousness and on how modifications of these narratives epitomise the peculiarities of emotional life in the social and cultural context of the present. Based on the assumption that drama is especially inclined to draw on shared narratives for representations of love, the book demonstrates that love is both a window to remnants of the past in the present and a proper subject matter for drama in times in which the suitability of the dramatic form has been questioned.

Author : Hersh Zeifman,Cynthia Zimmerman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1993-04-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349108190

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Contemporary British Drama, 1970–90 by Hersh Zeifman,Cynthia Zimmerman Pdf

This book focuses exclusively on the exciting and provocative plays produced in England in the last two decades. The primary aim of the collection is to celebrate the truly remarkable range of British drama since 1970, by examining the work of fourteen important and representative playwrights. This emphasis on range applies not only to the dramatists chosen for inclusion but to the critics as well - specifically to the diversity of critical methodology demonstrated in their essays.

Author : Graham Saunders
Publisher : Springer
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137444530

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Elizabethan and Jacobean Reappropriation in Contemporary British Drama by Graham Saunders Pdf

This book examines British playwrights' responses to the work of Shakespeare and his contemporaries since 1945, from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead to Sarah Kane’s Blasted and Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem. Using the work of Julie Sanders and others working in the fields of Adaptation Studies and intertextual criticism, it argues that this relatively neglected area of drama, widely considered to be adaptation, should instead be considered as appropriation - as work that often mounts challenges to the ideologies and orthodoxies within Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, and questions the legitimacy and cultural authority of Shakespeare’s legacy. The book discusses the work of Howard Barker, Peter Barnes, Edward Bond, Howard Brenton, David Edgar, Elaine Feinstein and the Women’s Theatre Group, David Greig, Sarah Kane, Dennis Kelly, Bernard Kopps, Charles Marowitz, Julia Pascal and Arnold Wesker.

Author : Sanford Sternlicht
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004-12-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 081563076X

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A Reader's Guide to Modern British Drama by Sanford Sternlicht Pdf

This book reveals the influences of modern history and psychology on British drama; the all-important influence of Irish dramatists like Wilde, Shaw, O’Casey, and Beckett; the significance of the Independent Theatre of J. T. Grein and the early Royal Court Theatre; the gay community’s contribution to the British theater; the powerful new feminist drama; and the British festival theater. Auseful tool for readers wishing to know more about Britain’s great dramatic tradition and vital contemporary theater, for students pursuing drama studies, and for libraries in need of an accessible reference work.

Author : Catherine Rees
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350309555

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Contemporary British Drama by Catherine Rees Pdf

This guide offers a comprehensive account of British theatre from the 1960s to the present day. Placing critical commentary at the heart of its analysis, it explores how theatre critics and scholars have sought to understand and write about modern theatre, from the earliest reviews to revivals appearing decades later. With studies of contemporary reviews and archival material, Contemporary British Drama offers readers the opportunity to learn about British theatre in its original context and to chart shifting critical perceptions over the decades. It provides a crucial juxtaposition between the development of British theatre and its contemporaneous critical response, supplying an invaluable insight into the critical climate of recent decades. From feminist playwrighting to In-Yer-Face theatre, this is the ideal companion for undergraduate students of literature and theatre in need of an introduction to the debates surrounding contemporary British drama.

Author : Korbinian Stöckl
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110714760

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Love in Contemporary British Drama by Korbinian Stöckl Pdf

Despite the recent turn to affects and emotions in the humanities and despite the unceasing popularity of romantic and erotic love as a motif in fictional works of all genres, the subject has received surprisingly little attention in academic studies of contemporary drama. Love in Contemporary British Drama reflects the appeal of love as a topic and driving force in dramatic works with in-depth analyses of eight pivotal plays from the past three decades. Following an interdisciplinary and historical approach, the study collects and condenses theories of love from philosophy and sociology to derive persisting discourses and to examine their reoccurrence and transformation in contemporary plays. Special emphasis is put on narratives of love’s compensatory function and precariousness and on how modifications of these narratives epitomise the peculiarities of emotional life in the social and cultural context of the present. Based on the assumption that drama is especially inclined to draw on shared narratives for representations of love, the book demonstrates that love is both a window to remnants of the past in the present and a proper subject matter for drama in times in which the suitability of the dramatic form has been questioned.

Author : British drama
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1811
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600019082

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The modern British drama by British drama Pdf

Author : Aleks Sierz,Martin Middeke,Peter Paul Schnierer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-17
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781408123348

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The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights by Aleks Sierz,Martin Middeke,Peter Paul Schnierer Pdf

The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights is an authoritative guide to the work of twenty-five playwrights who have risen to prominence since the 1980s. Written by an international team of scholars, it will be invaluable to anyone interested in, studying or teaching contemporary drama. Among the many playwrights whose work is examined are Sarah Daniels, Terry Johnson, Martin Crimp, Sarah Kane, Anthony Neilson, Mark Ravenhill, Simon Stephens, Debbie Tucker Green, Tanika Gupta and Richard Bean. Each essay features: A biographical sketch and introduction to the playwright A discussion of their most important plays An analysis of their stylistic and thematic traits, the critical reception and their place in the discourses of British theatre A bibliography of texts and critical material

Author : David Lane
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780748686797

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Contemporary British Drama by David Lane Pdf

This book offers an extended analysis of writers and theatre companies in Britain since 1995, and explores them alongside recent cultural, social and political developments. Referencing well-known practitioners from modern theatre, this book is an excelle

Author : E H Mikhail
Publisher : Springer
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1976-06-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349030859

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Contemporary British Drama 1950–1976 by E H Mikhail Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Hale Winkler
Publisher : University of Delaware Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0874133580

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The Function of Song in Contemporary British Drama by Elizabeth Hale Winkler Pdf

This comprehensive study formulates an original theory that dramatic song must be perceived as a separate genre situated between poetry, music, and theater. It focuses on John Arden, Margaretta D'Arcy, Edward Bond, Peter Barnes, John Osborne, Peter Nichols, Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Peter Shaffer, and John McGrath.

Author : V. Angelaki
Publisher : Springer
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137010131

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Contemporary British Theatre by V. Angelaki Pdf

This edited collection brings together a team of internationally prominent academics and delivers cutting-edge discourse on the strongly emerging tradition of experimentation in contemporary British theatre - redefining what the dramatic stands for today. Each chapter of the collection focuses on influential contemporary plays and playwrights.

Author : Clement Scott,Bernard Edward Joseph Capes,Charles Eglington,Addison Bright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Drama
ISBN : CHI:096267747

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The Theatre by Clement Scott,Bernard Edward Joseph Capes,Charles Eglington,Addison Bright Pdf

Author : Fall River Public Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 964 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
ISBN : NYPL:33433089896553

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Catalogue of the Public Library of the City of Fall River by Fall River Public Library Pdf

Author : Yalçın Erden
Publisher : EĞİTİM YAYINEVİ
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9786057786821

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The Marginalized Female Characters in Contemporary British Drama by Yalçın Erden Pdf

Women are forced to survive under patriarchal boundaries even within the present-day world. Even though women of the century have faced certain economic, social, and political improvements, the male-supremacy has not weakened significantly: Capitalist system employs patriarchal tools and exploits women much more severely compared to men; women, restricted by patriarchal boundaries, are more frequently stigmatized as envious; language that shapes the masses’ perceptions still devalues women; rape and pornography degrade women and control their lifestyles; a great number of women are confined within the private sphere; and women still suffer from identity crises in the patriarchal system, as the contemporary British plays brought together in Midsummer Mischief: Four Radical Plays (2014) demonstrate. This book focuses on specific marginalized female characters depicted in Timberlake Wertenbaker’s The Ant and the Cicada, Alice Birch’s Revolt. She said. Revolt again., E.V. Crowe’s I Can Hear You, and Abi Zakarian’s This is Not an Exit and discusses women’s marginalization in the patriarchal order in light of feminist theories. It questions how the playwrights mentioned above prompt the audience to become conscious of this unjust order and challenge it through their mischievous female characters. In other words, it seeks to analyze both the factors that marginalize women and the playwrights’ revolts against the patriarchal order.