The roots of theatre : rethinking ritual and other theories of origin /
Publisher description: The topic of the origins of theatre is one of the most controversial in theatre studies, with a long history of heated discussions and strongly held positions. In The Roots of Theatre, Eli Rozik enters the debate in a feisty way, offering not just another challenge to those wh...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
©2002.
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Colección: | Studies in theatre history and culture.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- THEORIES OF ORIGINS
- Basic Definitions
- The Ritual Origin of Tragedy
- The Ritual Origin of Comedy
- The Shamanistic Source
- The Recreation of Theatre by Christianity
- The Mummers' Plays
- The Adoption of Theatre by Judaism
- Back to Aristotle
- HEDGES AND BOUNDARIES
- Performance Theory
- The "Drama" of Real Life
- The Spirit of Carnival
- Culture as Play/Game
- A THEORY OF ROOTS
- The "Language" of Dreams
- Playing as Thinking
- Mythical Representation
- Retracing the Steps of History
- Reflections and Conclusions.