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Author: Bertram Leon Joseph
Publisher: London : Routledge and Paul
Published: 1959
Total Pages: 464
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSurvey of the changing styles in tragic acting in England from Elizabethan times to the end of the 19th century.
Author: Jeff Jay
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2014-08-26
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9783161532443
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJeff Jay argues that the Gospel of Mark should be described as tragic because it elicits tragedy's recurring motifs and moods as well as a highly theatrical atmosphere. He thus revises the typical story of tragic drama's history, which portrays the Judeo-Christian tradition as inhospitable to tragedy because it emphasizes divine grace and justice.
Author: Zachary Dunbar
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-11-11
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 3319954717
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a provocative and groundbreaking re-appraisal of the demands of acting ancient tragedy, informed by cutting-edge scholarship in the fields of actor training, theatre history, and classical reception. Its interdisciplinary reach means that it is uniquely positioned to identify, interrogate, and de-mystify the clichés which cluster around Greek tragedy, giving acting students, teachers, and theatre-makers the chance to access a vital range of current debates, and modelling ways in which an enhanced understanding of this material can serve as the stimulus for new experiments in the studio or rehearsal room. Two theoretical chapters contend that Aristotelian readings of tragedy, especially when combined with elements of Stanislavski’s (early) actor-training practice, can actually prevent actors from interacting productively with ancient plays and practices. The four chapters which follow (Acting Sound, Acting Myth, Acting Space, and Acting Chorus) examine specific challenges in detail, combining historical summaries with a survey of key modern practitioners, and a sequence of practical exercises.
Author: André Green
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011-03-03
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780521144605
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this stimulating and wide-ranging 1979 study, André Green demonstrates the relevance of psychoanalysis to literary criticism.
Author: Burç İdem Dinçel
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2024-03-08
Total Pages: 382
ISBN-13: 152754396X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides a novel way of looking at translational phenomena in contemporary performances of Attic tragedies via the formidable work of three directors, each of whom bears the aesthetic imprint of Samuel Beckett: Theodoros Terzopoulos, Şahika Tekand and Tadashi Suzuki. Through a discerningly transdisciplinary approach, translation becomes re(trans)formed into a mode of physical action, its mimetic nature reworked according to the individual directors’ responses to Attic tragedies. As such, the highly complex notion of mimesis comes into prominence as a thematic thread, divulging the specific ways in which the pathos epitomised in the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides is reawakened on the contemporary stage. By employing mimesis as a conceptual motor under the overarching rubric of the art of tragic theatre, the monograph appeals to a wide range of scholarly readers and practitioners across the terrains of Translation Studies, Theatre Studies, Classical Reception, Comparative Literature and Beckett Studies.
Author: Ato Quayson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-01-21
Total Pages: 347
ISBN-13: 1108830986
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides a new way of reading Western tragedy alongside texts from the postcolonial world so as to cross-illuminate each other.
Author: Christos Kremmydas
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2013-05-16
Total Pages: 431
ISBN-13: 0191625388
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHellenistic oratory remains an elusive subject as not one Greek speech has survived from the end of the fourth century BC until the beginning of the first century AD. This collection of fourteen interdisciplinary essays offers a wide-ranging study of the different ways in which Hellenistic oratory can be approached. Written by a team of leading scholars in the field, it examines the different kinds of evidence which shed light on the dynamic character of oratory during the Hellenistic period. All essays stress the pervasive influence of Hellenistic oratory and survey its different manifestations in diverse literary genres and socio-political contexts, especially the dialogue between the Greek oratorical tradition and the developing oratorical practices at Rome. The volume opens with a detailed introduction, which sets the study of Hellenistic oratory within the context of current trends in Hellenistic history and rhetoric, and closes with an afterword which underlines the vibrancy and sophistication of oratory during this period. It will appeal to all students and scholars of Hellenistic history, society, and the history of rhetoric.
Author: Melissa Mueller
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2016-01-13
Total Pages: 283
ISBN-13: 022631300X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKObjects as Actors charts a new approach to Greek tragedy based on an obvious, yet often overlooked, fact: Greek tragedy was meant to be performed. As plays, the works were incomplete without physical items—theatrical props. In this book, Melissa Mueller ingeniously demonstrates the importance of objects in the staging and reception of Athenian tragedy. As Mueller shows, props such as weapons, textiles, and even letters were often fully integrated into a play’s action. They could provoke surprising plot turns, elicit bold viewer reactions, and provide some of tragedy’s most thrilling moments. Whether the sword of Sophocles’s Ajax, the tapestry in Aeschylus’s Agamemnon, or the tablet of Euripides’s Hippolytus, props demanded attention as a means of uniting—or disrupting—time, space, and genre. Insightful and original, Objects as Actors offers a fresh perspective on the central tragic texts—and encourages us to rethink ancient theater as a whole.
Author: François Joseph Talma
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Published: 1915
Total Pages: 92
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Published: 1908
Total Pages: 164
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