History of European Drama and TheatreRoutledge, 11 sept. 2002 - 416 pagini This major study reconstructs the vast history of European drama from Greek tragedy through to twentieth-century theatre, focusing on the subject of identity. Throughout history, drama has performed and represented political, religious, national, ethnic, class-related, gendered, and individual concepts of identity. Erika Fischer-Lichte's topics include: * ancient Greek theatre Anyone interested in theatre throughout history and today will find this an invaluable source of information. |
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... of that which is authentic, as the loss of identity. And, thus, it is hardly surprising that Rousseau believed that the actor represented a consummate example Acknowledgements Introduction Theatre and Identity: Theatre as Liminal Space?
... example of one who has no identity of his own : What is the actor's talent ? The art of deception , to take on another character instead of his own , to appear other than he is , to be passionate in cold blood , to speak other than how ...
... example , the Dionysus theatre , the Globe theatre , the commedia dell'arte or Molière's theatre in order to stage and represent the iden- tity of certain role figures . We lack the tools to answer even tentatively the question of ...
... example , witness accounts on the social status of the theatre and its various artistic possi- bilities , documents of reception and all kinds of accounts which deal with the problem of identity . Thus , studies from social history ...
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Cuprins
Theatre and the polis | 8 |
The magic body | 33 |
The frail and tortured body | 40 |
the suppression of popular culture | 46 |
1 | 72 |
23 | 79 |
Honour disgraced and the forfeit of mercy | 86 |
Popular theatre between religious and court theatre | 92 |
THE RISE OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES AND | 146 |
The loving father and his virtuous daughter | 155 |
the seducer and the mistress | 161 |
THEATRE OF THE NEW MAN 284 | 165 |
The mutilated individual | 170 |
Beyond the individual 298 | 171 |
The selfcastration of creative nature | 176 |
Symbol of the species | 182 |
From the theatrical to social roleplay | 129 |
Theatre as a model of social reality | 136 |
The transition from man into God | 190 |