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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"European drama"”.
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M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin's Plays in the Context of Nineteenth-Century Russian Drama
The subject of Saltykov-Shchedrin’s drama and theatre has long been neglected as an area of research both in Russia and in the West. This thesis studies certain characteristic features of the dramatist’s oeuvre; it begins with an attempt to define the term drama. The analysis of …
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New practice–based methodologies for naturalistic contemporary drama translation
… in the area of contemporary and naturalistic drama translation. It straddles the fields of Drama, Acting and Translation Studies but inevitably encompasses the fields of social semiotics and linguistics. The methodology used is of a hybrid nature as it consists of a portfolio of work. The work …
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"For 'tis your thoughts that now must deck our kings": Affect in Shakespearean performance
<p>Because Shakespeare’s plays have been performed consistently for four hundred years, Shakespearean performance is in an ideal position to demonstrate how performance transmits the meanings of texts. This thesis argues that performances of Shakespeare’s plays create meaning through the …
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Let His Conscience be her Guide: Ethical Self-Fashionings of Woman in Early-Modern Drama
Female characters in early-modern drama, even when following the dictates of conscience, appear inextricably bound to patriarchal expectations. This paradoxical situation is explained by two elements that have affected the Renaissance playwright's depiction of woman as moral agent. First, the …