Theorising Performance : Greek Drama, Cultural History and Critical Practice.

This exciting collection constitutes the first analysis of the modern performance of ancient Greek drama from a theoretical perspective. The last three decades have seen a remarkable revival of the performance of ancient Greek drama; some ancient plays - ""Sophocles"", "&quo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Publishing, Bloomsbury
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.
Temas:
Greek drama > History and criticism > Congresses.
Greek drama > Modern presentation > Congresses.
Literature.
Greek drama > History and criticism > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Literature, Modern.
Théâtre grec > Histoire et critique > Congrès.
Théâtre grec > Production et mise en scène modernes > Congrès.
Littérature.
Théâtre grec > Histoire et critique > Guides, manuels, etc.
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval.
Literary studies: plays & playwrights.
Literary Criticism > Ancient & Classical.
Literature, Modern
Greek drama
Greek drama > Modern presentation
Literature
Conference papers and proceedings
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Handbooks and manuals
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; I. Paradigms; 2. Towards a Theory of Performance Reception; 3. Performance as Event
  • Reception as Transformation; 4. Greek and Shakespearean Plays in Performance: Their Different Academic Receptions; 5. Cultural History and Aesthetics: Why Kant is No Place to Start Reception Studies; 6. Performance, Reception, Aesthetics: Or Why Reception Studies Need Kant; 7. From à la carte to Convergence: Symptoms of Interdisciplinarity in Reception Theory.
  • 8. Archiving Events, Performing Documents: On the Seductions and Challenges of Performance ArchivesII. Mind, Body and the Tragic; 9. Bringing Together Nature and Culture: On the Uses and Limits of Cognitive Science for the Study of Performance Reception; 10. Does a Deleuzean Philosophy of Radical Physicality Lead to the 'Death of Tragedy'? Some Thoughts on the Dismissal of the Climactic Orientation of Greek Tragedy; 11. Generic Ambiguity in Modern Productions and New Versions of Greek Tragedy; III. Translating Cultures; 12. Revising 'Authenticity' in Staging Ancient Mediterranean Drama.
  • 13. Towards Theorising the Place of Costume in Performance Reception14. Performance Reception and the 'Textual Twist': Towards a Theory of Literary Reception; 15. Negotiating Translation for the Stage; 16. From Translation to Performance Reception: The Death of the Author and the Performance Text; IV. Practitioners and Theory; 17. Acting Perspectives: The Phenomenology of Performance as a Route to Reception; 18. Physical Performance and the Languages of Translation; 19. 'Spatial Poetics' and Greek Drama: Scenography as Reception; 20. Translating Greek Drama for Performance; Bibliography.
  • IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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