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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"Dramatic Literature, Criticism and Theory"”.
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Feminist Theory and Postwar American Drama
… critical tool, to be applied to drama. Feminist theory from anthropology, psychology, literary criticism, and film theory is summarized and one theorist from each field is selected to serve as an example of how feminism in that field can illuminate drama written by both women and men.</p> <p>I …
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The Changing Face of Fortune in Six English Versions of the Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra
<p>This study traces the development and changes in the depiction of the goddess Fortune in a selected group of dramas written between 1592 and 1678: the six English versions of the tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra. The concepts surrounding the goddess Fortune and her place in any culture change …
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Who is Paying for God: A thematic analysis of Henry Arthur Jones's religious plays in relation to the modernist trend
… of Henry Arthur Jones’s work in the late 1890s and seeks to illustrate that Jones’s contribution to the larger Modernist movement in the theatre. Using a close textual analysis of Jones’s plays <em>Michael and His Lost Angel, Judah, </em>and <em>Saints and Sinners, </em>this project examines …
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : Entertainment--the Author's Intention
<p>The subject of this paper is the Gawain poet and his monumental poem <em>Sir Gawain and the Green Knight</em>. The concern will not be with the poet's identity or social rank, but will instead be with his motives. In some places this paper will appear to work backwards, assuming that since a …
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"Art for Truth's Sake" : James A. Herne as Social Critic and Literary Artist
… dramas represent the first American attempts at dramatic realism. His early plays are melodramatic in tendency, but soon he began to eliminate villains, asides, stereotyped characters, and other trappings of that earlier dramatic form. When Hamlin Garland saw Herne's play dealing with the …
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Autobiographical Poetry to Plays: Taking Memoir to a Theatrical Level
… have compiled my autobiographical poetry, prose, and performance monologues into a theatrical manuscript to be used as the basis for a play. The final Capstone Project is a manuscript of an anticipated theatrical production based on the grieving process surrounding my brother's suicide, as well as …
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A Translation and Analysis of Spring's Bride by Mohammed Dib: Creating a Space for Indigenous North African Drama
… the play must confront their deeply held beliefs and their possible destructive power. The translation of this text presents the postcolonial perspective to an Anglophone audience. Using Patrice Pavis’ conceptions of mise en scène as a process that mediates between a source culture and a target …
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John Ford: A Concise Annotated Bibliography
… the tremendous amount of material available by and about Ford, the scope of this project was limited to published works about Ford in English.</p> <p>In compiling the bibliography, I used previously published bibliographies on Ford and the annual MLA Bibliography. In addition, I consistently …
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Terrence McNally’s Universalizing Model: The Role of Disability in <em>Andre’s Mother; Lips Together, Teeth Apart</em>; and <em>Love! Valour! Compassion!</em>
<p>In his works such as <em>Andre’s Mother</em>; <em>Lips Together, Teeth Apart</em>; and <em>Love! Valour! Compassion!</em>, playwright Terrence McNally utilizes categorically gay themes such as homophobia and living with HIV and AIDS in a time when little was understood about the illnesses. For …
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"Old Cod": The Power of Storytelling in Conor McPherson's <em>The Weir</em>
… play <em>The Weir</em>. Drawing on postcolonial theory as well as the historical context of Ireland during the play’s release, I argue that <em>The Weir</em> is uniquely positioned at the intersection of traditional and modern values. Further, I assert that fairy legend is a tool used by the …
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Epistemic Theatres: The Dramaturgy of Knowledge in Twenty-First Century Theatre
<p>In this dissertation, I draw upon theatre and performance literature, science and technology studies, and art theory to attend the distinctive dramaturgical features of lecture-performance and other contemporary examples of epistemic theatres. After theorizing their roots, their causes, and …
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Twenty-First-Century Transnational Theatre Development in the Cases of Théâtre du Soleil/Aftaab and Sundance Institute East Africa: Cultural Politics, Performance Aesthetics, and Global Circulation
… countries in the Global North extend resources and support for the professional development of theatre artists in regions in the Global South. The first case study takes up the French theatre company Théâtre du Soleil’s work in Afghanistan, starting in 2005, leading to the formation of the …
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An inquiry into the use of drama to teach history
<p>The purpose of this study is to show how dramatization of significant historical themes can be more easily realized in high school American history classes.</p>
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Variations on a Sonnet: A Play and Accompanying Analysis
… revealed in the sonnets. I had read the sonnets and imagined that it would not be terribly difficult to set some of them to prose scenes in which the amorphous jealousy, obsession, and longing found in the sonnets would blossom into clear conflicts and complex characters--the protagonist being …
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Three Studies in Characterization
<p>THE WOMEN OF BEN JONSON IN <em>EPICOENE</em> AND <em>BARTHOLOMEW</em> <em>FAIR</em>.<em> </em>This paper compares and contrasts the method variations that cause the women of <em>Epicoene</em> to be less interesting and more stereotyped than those of <em>Bartholomew Fair.</em></p> <p>Basically, …
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Playing Devil's Advocate: The Attractive Shakespearean Villain
… playwright's aptitude for fashioning intricate and conflicted figures. As a master character craftsman, Shakespeare is consistent in creating fascinatingly deep characters, and many of them have even gone so far as to generate entire literary archetypes. From the contemplative Prince Hamlet to …
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Orestes and Redemption in Two Different Ages
… The Orestes plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides were contrasted with the similar plays of Hofmannstahl, Jeffers, O'Neill, Giraudoux, Eliot, and Sartre. The Greek tragedians appear to terminate Orestes' retribution for inherited evil and a just crime by an actual, total, restorative …
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