Towards a Modern Zen Theatre
Title | Towards a Modern Zen Theatre PDF eBook |
Author | Yiheng Zhao |
Publisher | |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
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Gao Xingjian, winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature, has been the most important and productive playwright in the powerful Chinese Experimental Theatre Movement.
Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre
Title | Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre PDF eBook |
Author | Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre |
Publisher | |
Pages | 70 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Performance art |
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A collection of articles from newspaper and magazine features, reviews of the various productions the company has staged during the past seven years, and the responses of both company and audience members to the company's training, philosophies, and productions.
The Japanese Theatre
Title | The Japanese Theatre PDF eBook |
Author | Ortolani |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 2022-07-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004484140 |
An up-to-date cultural history of the Japanese theatre in all its forms including primitive rituals, court and popular dance-drama, puppet shows and westernized plays, is narrated here for the first time in English by a western authority in the field. The book underlines Zeami and Zenchiku's secret tradition of the nō, explaining Zen-inspired spiritual teachings for the actor's training on the way to enlightened performance. It also gives relevance to the transformation of an anti-establishment entertainment by prostitutes into spectacular kabuki stagecraft, and to the modernization process which created shingeki modern drama, and moved it into the context of world theatre. The final chapter summarizes the history of western discovery of the Japanese stage. The illustrations, the indexes, the glossary and the extensive bibliography — including all major literature in western languages until 1989 — also contribute to make this volume a must for all students of the Japanese theatre, and for anyone interested in a better understanding of Japanese culture as mirrored in its theatrical component.
Gao Xingjian's Idea of Theatre
Title | Gao Xingjian's Idea of Theatre PDF eBook |
Author | Izabella Łabędzka |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 255 |
Release | 2008-08-31 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9047433742 |
This book argues that Gao Xingjian's Idea of Theatre can only be explained by his broad knowledge and use of various Chinese and Western theatrical, literary, artistic and philosophical traditions. The author aims to show how Gao's theories of the theatre of anti-illusion, theatre of conscious convention, of the "poor theatre" and total theatre, of the neutral actor and the actor - jester - storyteller are derived from the Far Eastern tradition, and to what extent they have been inspired by 20th century Euro-American reformers of theatre such as Antonin Artaud, Bertolt Brecht, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Jerzy Grotowski and Tadeusz Kantor. Although Gao' s plays and theatre form the major subject, this volume also pays ample attention to his painting and passion for music as sources of his dramaturgical strategies.
Asian Literary Voices
Title | Asian Literary Voices PDF eBook |
Author | Philip F. Williams |
Publisher | Amsterdam University Press |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9089640924 |
Philip F. Williams has published nine books in East Asian studies, including The Great Wall of Confinement (UCal, 2004), and has been Professor of Chinese at Massey University and Arizona State University. --
Local and Global Myths in Shakespearean Performance
Title | Local and Global Myths in Shakespearean Performance PDF eBook |
Author | Aneta Mancewicz |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2018-08-08 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 3319898515 |
This collection of scholarly essays offers a new understanding of local and global myths that have been constructed around Shakespeare in theatre, cinema, and television from the nineteenth century to the present. Drawing on a definition of myth as a powerful ideological narrative, Local and Global Myths in Shakespearean Performance examines historical, political, and cultural conditions of Shakespearean performances in Europe, Asia, and North and South America. The first part of this volume offers a theoretical introduction to Shakespeare as myth from a twenty-first century perspective. The second part critically evaluates myths of linguistic transcendence, authenticity, and universality within broader European, neo-liberal, and post-colonial contexts. The study of local identities and global icons in the third part uncovers dynamic relationships between regional, national, and transnational myths of Shakespeare. The fourth part revises persistent narratives concerning a political potential of Shakespeare’s plays in communist and post-communist countries. Finally, part five explores the influence of commercial and popular culture on Shakespeare myths. Michael Dobson’s Afterword concludes the volume by locating Shakespeare within classical mythology and contemporary concerns.
Encyclopedia of the World Novel, 1900 to the Present
Title | Encyclopedia of the World Novel, 1900 to the Present PDF eBook |
Author | Michael David Sollars |
Publisher | Infobase Learning |
Pages | 3388 |
Release | 2015-04-22 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1438140738 |
Praise for the print edition:"...a useful and engaging reference to the vast world of the novel in world literature."