Four Contemporary Korean Plays
Four Contemporary Korean Plays

Author: Yun-t'aek Yi

Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13:

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (stories not included). Pages: 32. Chapters: The Santaroga Barrier, The Lathe of Heaven, The Colour Out of Space, Spacehounds of IPC, Trullion: Alastor 2262, The Skylark of Space, Triplanetary, The Second Trip, Armageddon 2419 A.D., The Master Mind of Mars, Skylark Three, I, Robot, Breakfast at Twilight, After 12,000 Years, Tarzan and the Foreign Legion, Anniversary, The Planet Savers, Llana of Gathol, Savage Pellucidar, The Sunken World, The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal, The Weapon Too Dreadful to Use, Marooned Off Vesta, Gateway to Strangeness, What is This Thing Called Love?, Robot AL-76 Goes Astray, Time Enough, The Builder, One Million Tomorrows, Satisfaction Guaranteed, The Return of Tharn, The Crystal Horde, The Hidden Universe, The Days of Perky Pat, Sshhh ..., Billennium, Islands of Space, The Bridge of Light, Seeds of Life, Birth of a Notion, The Ship Who Searched, Project Nightmare, Encounter in the Dawn, Divided We Fall, Uphill Climb, Whatll We Do with Ragland Park'. Excerpt: The Lathe of Heaven is a 1971 science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin. The plot revolves around a character whose dreams alter reality. The story was first serialized in the American science fiction magazine Amazing Stories. The novel received nominations for the 1972 Hugo and the 1971 Nebula Award, and won the Locus Award for Best Novel in 1972. Two television film adaptations have been released: the acclaimed PBS production, The Lathe of Heaven (1980); and Lathe of Heaven (2002), a remake produced by the A&E Network. The title is taken from the writings of Chuang Tzu - specifically a passage from Book XXIII, paragraph 7, quoted as an epigraph to Chapter 3 of the novel: To let understanding stop at what cannot be understood is a high attainment. Those who cannot do it will be destroyed on the lathe of heaven. ( ...

Modern Korean Drama
Modern Korean Drama

Author: Richard Nichols

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 0231149476

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Carefully selected and represented, the plays in this collection showcase both the fantastic and the realistic innovations of Korean dramatists during a time of rapid social and historical change. Stretching from 1962 to 2004, these seven works tackle major subjects, such as the close of the Choson dynasty and the aftermath of the Korean War, while delving into trenchant cultural issues, such as the marginalization of students who rebel against mainstream education and the role of traditional values in a materialistic society. Longtime scholar of Korea and its vibrant, politically acute theater, Richard Nichols opens with a general overview of modern Korean drama since 1910 and concludes with an appendix describing theater production and audience attendance in Seoul. He chooses works that aren't just for Korean audiences. These texts confront universal themes and situations, tackling the problem of ambition, the trouble with fidelity, and the complexity of sexual and interpersonal relationships. Nichols situates each work critically, historically, and culturally, including brief biographies of playwrights and extensive notes. A bibliography also provides alternative readings and the titles of additional plays currently available in English. Primed for production, these skillful translations provide Western directors with exciting new material for the stage. At the same time, they offer students and scholars a sophisticated survey of the modern Korean dramatic tradition.

Seven Contemporary Plays from the Korean Diaspora in the Americas
Seven Contemporary Plays from the Korean Diaspora in the Americas

Author: Esther Kim Lee

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2012-08-21

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 0822352745

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By bringing the plays together in this collection, Esther Kim Lee highlights the themes and styles that have enlivened Korean diasporic theater in the Americas since the 1990s. Some of the plays are set in urban Koreatowns. One takes place in the middle of Texas, while another unfolds entirely in a character's mind. Ethnic identity is not as central as it was in the work of previous generations of Asian diasporic playwrights.

Modern Asian Theatre and Performance 1900-2000
Modern Asian Theatre and Performance 1900-2000

Author: Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2014-05-08

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 140817720X

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Modern Asian Theatre and Performance 1900 – 2000 is a ground-breaking survey, tracking the advent of modern drama in Japan, India, China, Korea and Southeast Asia. It considers the shaping power of realism and naturalism, the influence of Western culture, the relationship between theatrical modernisation and social modernisation, and how theatre operates in contemporary Asian society. Organised by period, nation and region, each chapter provides: ·a historical overview of the culture; ·an outline of theatre history; ·a survey of significant playwrights, actors, directors, companies, plays and productions. With contributions from an international team of scholars, this authoritative introduction will uniquely equip students and scholars with a broad understanding of the modern theatre histories of Asia.

Korean Theatre
Korean Theatre

Author: Oh-Kon Cho

Publisher: Jain Publishing Company

Published: 2019-02-18

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 0895818418

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"Korean Theatre: From Rituals to the Avant-Garde is the most comprehensive book on Korean theatre which covers from ancient rituals to the modern theatre. It is an essential book for anyone who is interested in theatre or Korean theatre . . . The research that went in to make this book possible can only be described as phenomenal." Alyssa Kim, Ph.D. Hankuk University of Foreign Studies "The book has a clear, understandable organization. Professor Cho’s prose is succinct, readable, and void of fashionable academic jargon. I find the chapter beginning-historical context very useful, most especially those surrounding and shaping Korean theatre since the ‘50s. The early chapters on masked-dance plays and puppet theatre provide important information about Korean culture and the later chapters on Madanggŭk and North Korean proletarian drama shed light on area little known or understood by Western students of Korea. This book promises to be a singular contribution to English-language materials on Korean theatre, one written by a scholar with an encyclopedic knowledge of his subject." Richard Nichols, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor of Theatre Pennsylvania State University

The Routledge Companion to Performance-Related Concepts in Non-European Languages
The Routledge Companion to Performance-Related Concepts in Non-European Languages

Author: Erika Fischer-Lichte

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-05-31

Total Pages: 851

ISBN-13: 1040016146

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Investigating more than 70 key concepts relating to the performing arts in more than six non-European languages, this volume provides a groundbreaking research tool and one-of-a-kind reference source for theatre, performance and dance studies worldwide. The Companion features in-depth explorations of and expert introductions to a select number of performance-related key concepts in Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Yorùbá as well as the Indian languages Sanskrit, Hindi and Tamil. Key concepts—such as Furǧa فرجة in Arabic, for example, or Jiadingxing 假定性 in Chinese, Gei 芸 in Japanese, Ìparadà in Yorùbá and Imyeon 이면 in Korean—that defy easy translation from one language to another (and especially into English as the world’s lingua franca) and that reflect culturally specific ways of thinking and talking about the performing arts are thoroughly examined in in-depth articles. Written by more than 60 distinguished scholars from around the globe, the articles describe in detail each concept’s dynamic history, its flexible scope of meaning and current range of usage. The Companion also includes extensive introductions to each language section, in which internationally renowned experts explain how the presented key concepts are situated within, and are constitutive of, distinct and dynamic epistemic systems that have different yet always interlinked histories and orientations. Offers a fascinating insight into the unique histories, characteristics, and orientations of linguistically and culturally distinct epistemic systems related to the performative arts Contains extensive cross-references and bibliographies An invaluable research tool and one-of-a-kind reference source for scholars and students worldwide and across the humanities, especially in the fields of theatre, performance, dance, translation, area and cultural studies An accessible handbook for everybody interested in performance cultures and performance-related knowledge systems existing in the world today. This volume provides an invaluable research tool and one-of-a-kind reference source for scholars and students worldwide and across the humanities, especially in the fields of theatre, performance, dance, translation and area studies, history (of science and the humanities) and cultural studies.

The Metacultural Theater of Oh T'ae-sŏk
The Metacultural Theater of Oh T'ae-sŏk

Author: Oh T'ae-sok

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 1999-05-01

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780824821586

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Here for the first time are translations of five plays by Oh T'ae-sok, Korea's leading playwright and one of the most original dramatists and stage-directors working in Asia today. Drawing inspiration from both East and West and combining styles as disparate as ancient Korean masked dance-drama and contemporary avant-garde theater, these plays range from raucous comedy to historical tragedy, from explorations of the impact of the Korean War to bitter satires of modern Korean life. A stunning visual storyteller, Oh mines Korea's cultural and theatrical traditions--not to preserve them but to interrogate them in light of present social conditions and to reconstruct a new theatrical form that challenges both old and current conventions alike. His metacultural theater investigates "Koreaness" from the perspectives of many different cultures, while at the same time probing the meaning of culture itself.

Disparate Voices of Indian Women Playwrights
Disparate Voices of Indian Women Playwrights

Author: Shirley Huston-Findley

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2019-11-13

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1793612307

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Creating a Profession: Disparate Voices of Indian Women Playwrights is a collection of plays demonstrating a broad variety of contemporary perspectives as told through the eyes of the women who created them. The anthology is enhanced by significant interviews between each writer and the editor and an introduction filled with information about the profession of playwriting throughout India. Details include the challenges of multiple languages throughout the country, the lack of funding and rehearsal spaces, the role of censorship, the need for specific training, and the influence of gender upon these writer’s ability to find what one woman called “brain space” given the continuation of traditional gender expectations.

The Work of Play
The Work of Play

Author: Sheena Nahm

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2013-12-18

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 0739183036

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The Work of Play: Child Psychotherapy in Contemporary Korea is an ethnography that investigates a child play therapy program as it leaves the United States and takes root in South Korea. At the heart of this book is a group of female therapists figuring out how to make a living in an emerging sector while improving the lives of the children they treat. They grapple with questions about maintaining program fidelity while translating and transforming the program to be socially and culturally relevant. Based on years of research, The Work of Play traces how therapeutic expertise is cultivated by combining instinct with formal training. Readers will follow a group of therapists as they form professional roots in the pediatric mental health landscape of contemporary Seoul and see what life is like at the intersection of stigma and demand.