Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (269 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9781501744945
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1501744941
Inhalt:
What is the nature of theatre's uneasy alliance with literature? Should theatre be viewed as a preliterate, ritualistic phenomenon that can only be compromised by writing? Or should theatre be grouped with other literary arts as essentially "textual," with even physical performance subsumed under the aegis of textuality? Jennifer Wise, a theatre historian and drama theorist who is also an actor, director, and designer, responds with a challenging and convincing reconstruction of the historical context from which Western theatre first emerged. Wise believes that a comparison of the performance style of oral epic with that of drama as it emerged in sixth-century Greece shows the extent to which theatre was influenced by literate activities relatively new to the ancient world. These activities, foreign to Homer yet familiar to Aeschylus and his contemporaries, included the use of the alphabet, the teaching of texts in schools, the public inscription of laws, the sending and receiving of letters, the exchange of city coinage, and the making of lists. Having changed the way cultural material was processed and transmitted, the technology of writing also led to innovations in the way stories were told, and Wise contends that theatre was the result. The art of drama appeared in ancient Greece, however, not only as a beneficiary of literacy but also in defiance of any tendency to see textuality as an end in itself
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references pages 239-257 and index
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Theoretical Problem
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ABCs of Acting
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Student Body
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Courtroom Dramas
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Economies of Inscription
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Theatre and Technology.
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Wise, Jennifer Dionysus writes Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 1998 ISBN 0801434599
Sprache:
Englisch
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