Subversive Stages : Theater in Pre- and Post-Communist Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria /

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Exploring theater practices in communist and post-communist Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, this book analyzes intertextuality or "inter-theatricality" as a political strategy, designed to criticize contemporary political conditions while at the same time trying to circumvent censorship. Pl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Orlich, Ileana Alexandra (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Central European University Press, an imprint of the Central European University Limited Liability Company, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Adaptations > History and criticism.
Literature > Adaptations.
English drama > Adaptations.
East European drama.
Communism and literature.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > History & Criticism.
Communisme et litterature > Europe de l'Est.
Theâtre est-europeen > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Communism and literature > Europe, Eastern.
English drama > Adaptations > History and criticism.
French drama > Adaptations > History and criticism.
Russian drama > Adaptations > History and criticism.
East European drama > 20th century > History and criticism.
Eastern Europe.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Exploring theater practices in communist and post-communist Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, this book analyzes intertextuality or "inter-theatricality" as a political strategy, designed to criticize contemporary political conditions while at the same time trying to circumvent censorship. Plays by Romanian, Hungarian and Bulgarian dramatists are examined, who are "retrofitting" the past by adapting the political crimes and horrifying tactics of totalitarianism to the classical theatre (with Shakespeare a favorite) to reveal the region's traumatic history. By the sustained analysis of the aesthet
Physical Description:1 online resource (238 pages).
ISBN:9789633861189

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