The Longman Anthology Of Modern And Contemporary Drama

Author : Michael L. Greenwald
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0321107918

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The Longman Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Drama by Michael L. Greenwald Pdf

This collection of 31 American and international plays offers a truly global perspective of the drama and theater that has been produced during the past 150 years. In addition to essential plays from the West's modern canon, this anthology offers a richly varied selection of plays from regions underrepresented in other texts, such as Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The book's pedagogical features all work together to provide students with the historical and cultural background they need to read plays into context. Accessible, interesting, and inclusive, the broad range of plays in this anthology will inspire, intrigue, and provoke readers to understand more deeply the literary and production history of modern and contemporary drama. One reviewer says, The coverage is great: in terms of geography, gender, race, aesthetics, and cultural issues, the editors have selected plays that are recognized for their importance within an ongoing narrative history of world drama. I've seen no other anthology like this on the market. Matthew Roudan, Georgia State University

Author : Michael L. Greenwald
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 1008 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0321198719

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The Longman Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Drama by Michael L. Greenwald Pdf

Author : Michael L. Greenwald,Roger Schultz,Roberto Darío Pomo
Publisher : Pearson
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Drama
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110434870

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The Longman Anthology of Drama and Theater by Michael L. Greenwald,Roger Schultz,Roberto Darío Pomo Pdf

The Longman Anthology of Drama and Theater, Compact Edition, is a fully-integrated text/anthology of drama with a global emphasis for the Introduction to Drama course. The Compact Edition is divided into three parts. Part One examines the roots of theater and the theoretical and critical foundations of theater and drama. Part Two, an anthology of Western Theater, and Part Three, an anthology of non-western theater, are divided into historical and geographical sections, each preceded by a brief overview of the cultural and historical context that shaped the plays. A map and timeline of key historical, cultural, and artistic events precedes each section in Parts II and III. Preceding each section of plays is a brief overview of the history of the theater from its origins in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas to the present. The ideas that inspired the dramas are considered, as well as the particulars of each performance. In the interest of creating a clean, uncluttered text, selected bibliographies are at the end of the book. Questions for Discussion and Writing are included in the accompanying Instructor's Manual, as well as more thorough bibliographies and a comprehensive list of films and videos that illustrate the ideas in the text.

Author : Michael Greenwald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2000-07
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0321077903

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Longman Anthology of Drama and Theatre by Michael Greenwald Pdf

Author : Sarita Cargas
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780812251791

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Human Rights Education by Sarita Cargas Pdf

In tracing the origins of the modern human-rights movement, historians typically point to two periods: the 1940s, in which decade the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was ratified by the United Nations General Assembly; and the 1970s, during which numerous human rights nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), most notably Amnesty International and Médecins Sans Frontières, came into existence. It was also in the 1970s, Sarita Cargas observes, when the first classes in international human rights began to be taught in law schools and university political science departments in the United States. Cargas argues that the time has come for human rights to be acknowledged as an academic discipline. She notes that human rights has proven to be a relevant field to scholars and students in political science and international relations and law for over half a century. It has become of interest to anthropology, history, sociology, and religious studies, as well as a requirement even in social work and education programs. However, despite its interdisciplinary nature, Cargas demonstrates that human rights meets the criteria that define an academic discipline in that it possesses a canon of literature, a shared set of concerns, a community of scholars, and a methodology. In an analysis of human rights curricula in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, Cargas identifies an informal consensus on the epistemological foundations of human rights, including familiarity with human rights law; knowledge of major actors including the United Nations, governments, NGOS, and multinational corporations; and, most crucially, awareness and advocacy of the rights and freedoms detailed in the articles of the UDHR. The second half of the book offers practical recommendations for creating a human rights major or designing courses at the university level in the United States.

Author : Andrés Pérez-Simón
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000766578

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Baroque Lorca by Andrés Pérez-Simón Pdf

Baroque Lorca: An Archaist Playwright for the New Stage defines Federico García Lorca’s trajectory in the theater as a lifelong search for an audience. It studies a wide range of dramatic writings that Lorca created for the theater, in direct response to the conditions of his contemporary industry, and situates the theory and praxis of his theatrical reform in dialogue with other modernist renovators of the stage. This book makes special emphasis on how Lorca engaged with the tradition of Spanish Baroque, in particular with Cervantes and Calderón, to break away from the conventions of the illusionist stage. The five chapters of the book analyze Lorca’s different attempts to change the dynamics of the Spanish stage from 1920 to his assassination in 1936: His initial incursions in the arenas of symbolist and historical drama (The Butterfly’s Evil Spell, Mariana Pineda); his interest in puppetry (The Billy-Club Puppets and In the Frame of Don Cristóbal) and the two ‘human’ farces The Shoemaker’s Prodigious Wife and The Love of Don Perlimplín and Belisa in the Garden; the central piece in his project of ‘impossible’ theater (The Public); his most explicitly political play, one that takes the violence to the spectators’ seats (The Dream of Life); and his three plays adopting, an altering, the contemporary formula of ‘rural drama’ (Blood Wedding, Yerma and The House of Bernarda Alba). Chapter 5 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Sandra Mayo,Elvin Holt
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780292754805

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Acting Up and Getting Down by Sandra Mayo,Elvin Holt Pdf

One of the few books of its kind, Acting Up and Getting Down brings together seven African American literary voices that all have a connection to the Lone Star state. Covering Texas themes and universal ones, this collection showcases often-overlooked literary talents to bring to life inspiring facets of black theatre history. Capturing the intensity of racial violence in Texas, from the Battle of San Jacinto to a World War I–era riot at a Houston training ground, Celeste Bedford Walker's Camp Logan and Ted Shine's Ancestors provide fascinating narratives through the lens of history. Thomas Meloncon's Johnny B. Goode and George Hawkins's Br'er Rabbit explore the cultural legacies of blues music and folktales. Three unflinching dramas (Sterling Houston's Driving Wheel, Eugene Lee's Killingsworth, and Elizabeth Brown-Guillory's When the Ancestors Call) examine homosexuality, a death in the family, and child abuse, bringing to light the private tensions of intersections between the individual and the community. Supplemented by a chronology of black literary milestones as well as a playwrights' canon, Acting Up and Getting Down puts the spotlight on creative achievements that have for too long been excluded from Texas letters. The resulting anthology not only provides new insight into a regional experience but also completes the American story as told onstage.

Author : Richard Begam,Michael Valdez Moses
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199980963

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Modernism, Postcolonialism, and Globalism by Richard Begam,Michael Valdez Moses Pdf

Africa -- Asia -- The Caribbean -- Ireland -- Australia/New Zealand -- Canada

Author : Edward M. Morgan
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780802092519

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The Aesthetics of International Law by Edward M. Morgan Pdf

In The Aesthetics of International Law, Ed Morgan engages in a literary parsing of international legal texts. In order to demonstrate how these types of legal narratives are imbued with modernist aesthetics, Morgan juxtaposes international legal documents and modern (as well as some immediately pre- and post-modern) literary texts.

Author : New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Drama
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025402921

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G.K. Hall Bibliographic Guide to Theatre Arts by New York Public Library. Research Libraries Pdf

Author : Jeremy Lopez
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107729322

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Constructing the Canon of Early Modern Drama by Jeremy Lopez Pdf

For one hundred years the drama of Shakespeare's contemporaries has been consistently represented in anthologies, edited texts, and the critical tradition by a familiar group of about two dozen plays running from Kyd's Spanish Tragedy to Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by way of Dekker, Jonson, Middleton and Webster. How was this canon created, and what ideological and institutional functions does it serve? What preceded it, and is it possible for it to become something else? Jeremy Lopez takes up these questions by tracing a history of anthologies of 'non-Shakespearean' drama from Robert Dodsley's Select Collection of Old Plays (1744) through those recently published by Blackwell, Norton, and Routledge. Containing dozens of short, provocative readings of unfamiliar plays, this book will benefit those who seek a broader sense of the period's dazzling array of forms.

Author : Philip C. Kolin
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-06
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131616422

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The Influence of Tennessee Williams by Philip C. Kolin Pdf

"The author of A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof drew on personal and family drama for material. Essays examine how Williams's confessional style influenced Inge, Mamet, Kushner, Lori-Parks and others. There is a special study of African-American theater. Features interview with Albee on Williams' influence"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Drama
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133502349

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PAJ by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lee A. Jacobus
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : American drama
ISBN : IND:39000001832794

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The Longman Anthology of American Drama by Lee A. Jacobus Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Drama
ISBN : UCSC:32106017901387

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The Best Plays of .. by Anonim Pdf