Modern Japanese Drama

Author : J. Thomas Rimer,Mitsuya Mori,M. Cody Poulton
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780231537131

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The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Drama by J. Thomas Rimer,Mitsuya Mori,M. Cody Poulton Pdf

This anthology is the first to survey the full range of modern Japanese drama and make available Japan's best and most representative twentieth- and early-twenty-first-century works in one volume. It opens with a comprehensive introduction to Meiji-period drama and follows with six chronological sections: "The Age of Taisho Drama"; The Tsukiji Little Theater and Its Aftermath"; "Wartime and Postwar Drama"; "The 1960s and Underground Theater"; "The 1980s and Beyond"; and "Popular Theater," providing a complete history of modern Japanese theater for students, scholars, instructors, and dramatists. The collection features a mix of original and previously published translations of works, among them plays by such writers as Masamune Hakucho (The Couple Next Door), Enchi Fumiko (Restless Night in Late Spring), Morimoto Kaoru (A Woman's Life), Abe Kobo (The Man Who Turned into a Stick), Kara Juro (Two Women), Terayama Shuji (Poison Boy), Noda Hideki (Poems for Sale), and Mishima Yukio (The Sardine Seller's Net of Love). Leading translators include Donald Keene, J. Thomas Rimer, M. Cody Poulton, John K. Gillespie, Mari Boyd, and Brian Powell. Each section features an introduction to the developments and character of the period, notes on the plays' productions, and photographs of their stage performances. The volume complements any study of modern Japanese literature and modern drama in China, Korea, or other Asian or contemporary Western nations.

Author : Ted T. Takaya
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0231046855

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Modern Japanese Drama by Ted T. Takaya Pdf

Home to the New York Yankees, the Bronx Zoo, and the Grand Concourse, the Bronx was at one time a haven for upwardly mobile second-generation immigrants eager to leave the crowded tenements of Manhattan in pursuit of the American dream. Once hailed as a "wonder borough" of beautiful homes, parks, and universities, the Bronx became--during the 1960s and 1970s--a national symbol of urban deterioration. Thriving neighborhoods that had long been home to generations of families dissolved under waves of arson, crime, and housing abandonment, turning blocks of apartment buildings into gutted, graffiti-covered shells and empty, trash-filled lots. In this revealing history of the Bronx, Evelyn Gonzalez describes how the once-infamous New York City borough underwent one of the most successful and inspiring community revivals in American history. From its earliest beginnings as a loose cluster of commuter villages to its current status as a densely populated home for New York's growing and increasingly more diverse African American and Hispanic populations, this book shows how the Bronx interacted with and was affected by the rest of New York City as it grew from a small colony on the tip of Manhattan into a sprawling metropolis. This is the story of the clattering of elevated subways and the cacophony of crowded neighborhoods, the heady optimism of industrial progress and the despair of economic recession, and the vibrancy of ethnic cultures and the resilience of local grassroots coalitions crucial to the borough's rejuvenation. In recounting the varied and extreme transformations this remarkable community has undergone, Evelyn Gonzalez argues that it was not racial discrimination, rampant crime, postwar liberalism, or big government that was to blame for the urban crisis that assailed the Bronx during the late 1960s. Rather, the decline was inextricably connected to the same kinds of social initiatives, economic transactions, political decisions, and simple human choices that had once been central to the development and vitality of the borough. Although the history of the Bronx is unquestionably a success story, crime, poverty, and substandard housing still afflict the community today. Yet the process of building and rebuilding carries on, and the revitalization of neighborhoods and a resurgence of economic growth continue to offer hope for the future.

Author : David Jortner,Keiko I. McDonald,Kevin J. Wetmore
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0739123009

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Modern Japanese Theatre and Performance by David Jortner,Keiko I. McDonald,Kevin J. Wetmore Pdf

Modern Japanese Theatre and Performance is a collection of sixteen essays on Japanese theatre, including historical overviews of twentieth century theatre, analyses of specific productions and individuals, and consideration of the intercultural nature of modern Japanese theatre. Also included is a new translation of a 'Superkyogen' play.

Author : J. Thomas Rimer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400870875

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Toward a Modern Japanese Theatre by J. Thomas Rimer Pdf

Long accustomed to writing in the tradition of the flamboyant kabuki, Japanese dramatists had a more difficult struggle in modernizing their art than did writers of fiction and poetry. The work of Kishida Kunio, however, established and matured modern Japanese drama, modeled on the western psychological drama of Ibsen and Chekhov. J. Thomas Rimer traces the initial modernization efforts undertaken by the first generation of Japanese playwrights of the shingeki, or "New Theatre.'" His study then concentrates on the work of Kishida Kunio, the most important figure in the Japanese theatre of the 1930s and 1940s. Kishida, who studied with the well-known French director Jacques Copeau in 1921, returned to Japan with the goal of establishing a modern drama of psychological dimensions for the Japanese theatre. His work demonstrated his talent as a playwright and laid the foundation for later modern Japanese playwrights. Originally published in 1974. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : J. Thomas Rimer,Mitsuya Mori,M. Cody Poulton
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780231128308

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The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Drama by J. Thomas Rimer,Mitsuya Mori,M. Cody Poulton Pdf

This anthology is the first to survey the full range of modern Japanese drama and make available JapanÕs best and most representative twentieth- and early-twenty-first-century works in one volume. Divided into six chronological sections: ÒThe Age of Taisho DramaÓ; The Tsukiji Tsukiji Little Theater and Its AftermathÓ; ÒWartime and Postwar DramaÓ; ÒThe 1960s and Underground TheaterÓ; ÒThe 1980s and BeyondÓ; and ÒPopular Theater,Ó the collection opens with a comprehensive introduction to Meiji period drama and provides an informal yet complete history of twentieth-century Japanese theater for students, scholars, instructors, and dramatists. The collection features a mix of original and previously published translations of works, among them plays by such writers as Masamune Hakucho (The Couple Next Door), Enchi Fumiko (Restless Night in Late Spring), Abe Kobo (The Man Who Turned into a Stick), Morimoto Kaoru (A WomanÕs Life), Kara Juro (Two Women), Terayama Shuji (Poison Boy), Noda Hideki (Poems for Sale), and Mishima Yukio (The Sardine SellerÕs Net of Love). Leading translators include Donald Keene, J. Thomas Rimer, Mitsuyra Mori, M. Cody Poulton, John Gillespie, Mari Boyd, and Brian Powell. Each section features an introduction to the developments and character of the period, notes on the playsÕ productions, and photographs of their stage performances. The volume complements any course on modern Japanese literature and any study of modern drama in China, Korea, or other Asian or contemporary Western nation.

Author : M. Cody Poulton
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-31
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780824833411

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A Beggar's Art by M. Cody Poulton Pdf

Essential reading for the growing number of Westerners interested in the roots of modern Japanese theatre

Author : Robert T. Rolf,John K. Gillespie
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1992-07-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0824813790

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Alternative Japanese Drama by Robert T. Rolf,John K. Gillespie Pdf

A major renaissance in Japanese theater occurred in the 1960s. During this period, the implications of Japan's prewar actions as well as its postwar materialistic course were interrogated with fierce intensity. Nowhere was the depth and dynamism of this cultural questioning more clearly expressed than in theater. Fueling the explosion of seminal theater activity that took place was the generation of young artists who are the focus of Alternative Japanese Drama.Foreword by J. Thomas Rimer

Author : D.G. Goodman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781351716949

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Japanese Drama and Culture in the 1960s by D.G. Goodman Pdf

This title was first published in 1988: In this book the author has translated five postwar experimental Japanese plays and recreated the artistic, social and spiritual milieu in which they were created. He describes the turning point in Japanese thinking about the nature and limitations of a Western-oriented modern culture, and the creation of "underground" theatres which in which evolved a new mythology of history. Professor Goodman sees these developments as an interplay between personal and political (ie revolutionary) salvation.

Author : Koichi Iwabuchi
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789622096318

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Feeling Asian Modernities by Koichi Iwabuchi Pdf

The recent transnational reach of Japanese television dramas in East and Southeast Asia is unprecedented, and not simply in terms of the range and scale of diffusion, but also of the intense sympathy many young Asians feel toward the characters in Japanese dramas, so that they cope with their own modern lives by emulating the lives on screen. Through the empirical analysis of how Japanese youth dramas are (re)produced, circulated, regulated, and consumed in East and Southeast Asia, each chapter in this volume variously explores the ways in which intra-Asian cultural flows highlight cultural resonance and asymmetry in the region under the decentering processes of globalization. Key questions include: What is the nature of Japanese cultural power and influence in the region and how is it historically overdetermined? How is it similar to and different from "Americanization" and other Asian cultural sub-centers? What kinds of images and sense of intimacy and distance are perceived through the reception of Japanese youth dramas?

Author : D.G. Goodman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781351716932

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Revival: Japanese Drama and Culture in the 1960s (1988) by D.G. Goodman Pdf

This title was first published in 1988: In this book the author has translated five postwar experimental Japanese plays and recreated the artistic, social and spiritual milieu in which they were created. He describes the turning point in Japanese thinking about the nature and limitations of a Western-oriented modern culture, and the creation of "underground" theatres which in which evolved a new mythology of history. Professor Goodman sees these developments as an interplay between personal and political (ie revolutionary) salvation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1992-10-29
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780141907802

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Japanese No Dramas by Anonim Pdf

Japanese nõ theatre or the drama of 'perfected art' flourished in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries largely through the genius of the dramatist Zeami. An intricate fusion of music, dance, mask, costume and language, the dramas address many subjects, but the idea of 'form' is more central than 'meaning' and their structure is always ritualized. Selected for their literary merit, the twenty-four plays in this volume dramatize such ideas as the relationship between men and the gods, brother and sister, parent and child, lover and beloved, and the power of greed and desire. Revered in Japan as a cultural treasure, the spiritual and sensuous beauty of these works has been a profound influence for English-speaking artists including W. B. Yeats, Ezra Pound and Benjamin Britten.

Author : James R. Brandon
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1997-05-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0824818105

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No and Kyogen in the Contemporary World by James R. Brandon Pdf

How do classical, highly codified theatre arts retain the interest of today's audiences and how do they grow and respond to their changing circumstances? The eight essays presented here examine the contemporary relevance and significance of the "classic" No and Kyogen theatre to Japan and the West. They explore the theatrical experience from many perspectives--those of theatre, music, dance, art, literature, linguistics, philosophy, religion, history and sociology.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1997-03-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780824865160

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The Voyage of Contemporary Japanese Theatre by Anonim Pdf

Senda Akihiko is one of Japan's finest and best-known modern drama critics. This collection of his essays, articles, and reviews from 1971 to 1987 presents international audiences with the first opportunity to experience the excitement and accomplishments of the theatrical revolution that has continued to sweep over the Japanese stage since the 1960s. Consistently judicious and honest, the essays reveal the excitement (or disappointment) of each phase in the unfolding "voyage" of contemporary Japanese theatre.

Author : Yozan T. Iwasaki,Glenn Hughes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : English drama
ISBN : UCSC:32106001623104

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Three Modern Japanese Plays by Yozan T. Iwasaki,Glenn Hughes Pdf

Author : David G. Goodman
Publisher : Cornell East Asia Series
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UVA:X004640312

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The Return of the Gods by David G. Goodman Pdf

First published in 1988 and now available in a photo-reprint paperback edition, this book provides an important perspective on the theatre, culture, and politics of Japan in the 1960s. It contains translations of five plays representative of the period, with analytical commentary by a leading authority on postwar Japanese drama. The author's central thesis is that the 1960 demonstrations against the renewal of the U.S.-Japan Mutual Security Treaty was a major turning point in Japanese intellectual life, one characterized by disillusionment with the old left and the legacy of prewar left-wing formulations and by a quest for an alternative to the dominant Hegelian-Marxist system. The book argues that the 1960s were a period of eschatological reflection in which profound questions about ultimate ends were being asked.