Worthen, W. B.
Drama: Between Poetry and Performance
An engaging book spanning the fields of drama, literary criticism, genre, and performance studies, Drama: Between Poetry and Performance teaches students how to read drama by exploring the threshold between text and performance.
- Draws on examples from major playwrights including Shakespeare, Ibsen, Beckett, and Parks
- Explores the critical terms and controversies that animate the performance and study of drama, such as the status of language, the function of character and plot, and uses of writing
- Engages in a theoretical, disciplinary, and cultural repositioning of drama, by exploring and contesting its position at the threshold between text and performance
Nyckelord: Theatre Studies, Kenneth Burke, Shakespeare, Ibsen, Beckett
- Författare
- Worthen, W. B.
- Utgivare
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Utgivningsår
- 2009
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Sidantal
- 288 sidor
- Kategori
- Litteraturforskning
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781444317381
- Tryckt ISBN
- 9781405153416