American Drama and the Postmodern
Title | American Drama and the Postmodern PDF eBook |
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Publisher | Cambria Press |
Pages | 393 |
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ISBN | 1621969843 |
Memory-theater and Postmodern Drama
Title | Memory-theater and Postmodern Drama PDF eBook |
Author | Jeanette R. Malkin |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780472110377 |
Provides a new way of defining--and understanding--postmodern drama
Postmodern/drama
Title | Postmodern/drama PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Watt |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780472108725 |
Scrutinizing the critical tendency to label texts or writers as "postmodern", scholar Stephen Watt argues that "reading post modernly" merely implies reading culture more broadly. In contemporary drama, Watt considers postmodernity less a question of genre or media than a mode of subjectivity shared by both playwright and audience. 6 illustrations.
Drama and the Postmodern
Title | Drama and the Postmodern PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Cambria Press |
Pages | 394 |
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ISBN | 162196938X |
The Theater of Transformation
Title | The Theater of Transformation PDF eBook |
Author | Kerstin Schmidt |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 230 |
Release | 2016-08-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9401202478 |
The Theater of Transformation: Postmodernism in American Drama offers a fresh and innovative reading of the contemporary experimental American theater scene and navigates through the contested and contentious relationship between postmodernism and contemporary drama. This book addresses gender and class as well as racial issues in the context of a theoretical discussion of dramatic texts, textuality, and performance. Transformation is contemporary drama's answer to the questions of postmodernism and a major technique in the development of a postmodern language for the stage. In order to demonstrate the multi-faceted nature of the postmodern theater of transformation, this study draws on a wide range of plays: from early experimental plays of the 1960s by Jean-Claude van Itallie through feminist plays by Megan Terry and Rochelle Owens to more recent drama by the African-American playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. The Theater of Transformation: Postmodernism in American Drama is written for anyone interested in contemporary American drama and theater as well as in postmodernism and contemporary literary theory. It appeals even more broadly to a readership intrigued by the ubiquitous aspects of popular culture, by feminism and ethnicity, and by issues pertaining to the so-called 'society of spectacle' and the study of contemporary media.
A Companion to American Literature
Title | A Companion to American Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Belasco |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 1864 |
Release | 2020-04-03 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1119653355 |
A comprehensive, chronological overview of American literature in three scholarly and authoritative volumes A Companion to American Literature traces the history and development of American literature from its early origins in Native American oral tradition to 21st century digital literature. This comprehensive three-volume set brings together contributions from a diverse international team of accomplished young scholars and established figures in the field. Contributors explore a broad range of topics in historical, cultural, political, geographic, and technological contexts, engaging the work of both well-known and non-canonical writers of every period. Volume One is an inclusive and geographically expansive examination of early American literature, applying a range of cultural and historical approaches and theoretical models to a dramatically expanded canon of texts. Volume Two covers American literature between 1820 and 1914, focusing on the development of print culture and the literary marketplace, the emergence of various literary movements, and the impact of social and historical events on writers and writings of the period. Spanning the 20th and early 21st centuries, Volume Three studies traditional areas of American literature as well as the literature from previously marginalized groups and contemporary writers often overlooked by scholars. This inclusive and comprehensive study of American literature: Examines the influences of race, ethnicity, gender, class, and disability on American literature Discusses the role of technology in book production and circulation, the rise of literacy, and changing reading practices and literary forms Explores a wide range of writings in multiple genres, including novels, short stories, dramas, and a variety of poetic forms, as well as autobiographies, essays, lectures, diaries, journals, letters, sermons, histories, and graphic narratives. Provides a thematic index that groups chapters by contexts and illustrates their links across different traditional chronological boundaries A Companion to American Literature is a valuable resource for students coming to the subject for the first time or preparing for field examinations, instructors in American literature courses, and scholars with more specialized interests in specific authors, genres, movements, or periods.
Postmodern Drama
Title | Postmodern Drama PDF eBook |
Author | Rodney Simard |
Publisher | Lanham, MD : University Press of America |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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