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Carnival texts : three plays for ensemble performance /
Carnival Texts comprises three related dramatic works, all of which have as their point of departure Russian theorist Mikhail Bakhtin's concept of carnival, a literary style designed to subvert dominant assumptions through chaos and humour. Making creative use of post-Brechtian performance theo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol ; Chicago :
Intellect,
2011.
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| Colección: | Playtext series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Carnival Texts comprises three related dramatic works, all of which have as their point of departure Russian theorist Mikhail Bakhtin's concept of carnival, a literary style designed to subvert dominant assumptions through chaos and humour. Making creative use of post-Brechtian performance theory, these texts blur the distinction between spectator and performer in a fascinating exploration of physical, moral, and cultural upheaval in a postmodern age. Performance theory is crucial to understanding how performance affects collective understanding, and this book will be of interest to a broad ra. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (246 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781841505008 1841505005 1841504165 9781841504162 1283162741 9781283162746 9786613162748 6613162744 |