UID:
almafu_9960119579002883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xi, 163 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781139085533
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1139085530
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9781139166416
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1139166417
Serie:
Cambridge opera handbooks
Inhalt:
Bizet's Carmen is probably the best known opera of the standard repertoire, yet its very familiarity often prevents us from approaching it with the seriousness it deserves. This handbook explores the opera in a number of contexts, bringing to the surface the controversies over gender, race, class and musical propriety that greeted its premiere and that have been rekindled by the recent spate of film versions. Beginning with a study of the Mérimée story by Peter Robinson and an examination of the social tensions in nineteenth-century France that inform both that story and the opera, the book traces the latter through its genesis and reception. The central core of the book presents a close reading of the opera that offers new interpretive possibilities. The handbook concludes with discussions of four films based on the opera: Carmen Jones and the versions of Carmen by Carlos Saura, Peter Brook, and Francesco Rosi. The volume contains a bibliography, music examples, and a synopsis.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Cover -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Glossary of terms -- Overview -- 1.1 Sociolinguistics -- 1.2 France and the French -- Regionalism -- 2.1 Overview -- 2.2 Dialects of the North -- 2.3 Regional French -- 2.4 Dialectology and sociolinguistics -- 2.5 Sociolinguistics and regional variation -- Occitan -- 3.1 Occitan: history -- 3.2 Occitan: politics -- 3.3 Occitan: language and the sociolinguistic situation -- Regional languages -- 4.1 Alsatian -- 4.2 Basque -- 4.3 Breton -- 4.4 Catalan -- 4.5 Corsican -- 4.6 Flemish -- French abroad -- 5.1 Historical situation -- 5.2 Countries, regions and territories -- 5.3 Canada -- 5.4 Attitudes and policies in France -- 5.5 Attitudes and policies abroad -- 5.6 French in international organisations -- Social variation: age and sex -- 6.1 Age -- 6.2 Sex -- Social categories -- 7.1 Models of society -- 7.2 Social class in France -- 7.3 Upper- and lower-class usage -- 7.4 Interpretations of social-category differences -- The outsider -- 8.1 Jews -- 8.2 Gypsies -- 8.3 Armenians -- 8.4 Other immigrants -- 8.5 Social outcasts -- Social variation: occupations -- 9.1 Professional discourse -- 9.2 Legal language -- 9.3 Science and technology -- 9.4 Commerce and management -- Interaction -- 10.1 Approaches and methods -- 10.2 The communication situation -- 10.3 Monologue and group interaction -- 10.4 The structure of dyadic interaction -- 10.5 Formality levels -- 10.6 Written and spoken differences -- 10.7 Registers -- Language policy -- 11.1 Historical overview -- 11.2 French opinions and attitudes -- 11.3 The norm -- 11.4 Contemporary language legislation -- 11.5 Contemporary official language policy -- 11.6 Language control and support mechanisms -- Index -- Bibliography.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780521398978
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0521398975
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780521393010
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0521393019
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139166416
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