Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 264 pages)
ISBN:
9783030700713
Serie:
Transnational Theatre Histories
Inhalt:
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction -- Approach -- Border-Crossing Comedy -- Organization -- References -- 2 The Italian Brand on the French Stage -- France in Transition -- Migrant Troupes, National Legacies -- Failures, at Home and Abroad -- First Impressions -- Excellent Actors, Miserable Plays -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Prologues, Metacomedy, and Cross-Cultural Rapport -- Foreign Identities -- Rapport -- The Two Arlequins -- Malleability -- Comedy as Mode of Discourse -- Comedy About Comedy -- Comédie-Italienne Vs Comédie-Française -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Bilingualism and Translation in Comedy -- Language Barriers -- Translations -- Macaronics -- Dialect Play in Italian Comedy -- Tempering Expectations -- The First Francophone Play -- Love, the Master of Tongues -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Stereotypes, Self-Deprecation, and Refracted Satire -- Italian Volatility -- French Liberty -- Self-Deprecation -- L'Italien Marié à Paris -- L'Italien Francisé -- Le Jaloux -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Improvisation, Emotion, and Nationalized Esthetics -- Improvisation Versus Déclamation -- The Italian Way -- Je Ne Sais Quoi -- Limitations of Improvisation -- Emotion -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Parody as Transcultural Critique -- Transcultural Parody -- Practice in Eighteenth-Century France -- Œdipe Travesti -- Agnès de Chaillot -- Defense of Parody -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Epilogue -- Other Italians in France -- Cultural Improvisations -- References -- Index.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9783030700706
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783030700706
Sprache:
Englisch
