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Modern Tragedy
Taschenbuch von James Moran
Sprache: Englisch

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What distinguishes modern tragedy from other forms of drama? How does it relate to contemporary political and social conditions? To what ends have artists employed the tragic form in different locations during the 20th century?

Partly motivated by the urgency of our current situation in an age of ecocidal crisis, Modern Tragedy encompasses a variety of drama from throughout the 20th century. James Moran begins this book with John Millington Synge's Riders to the Sea (1904), which shows how environmental awareness might be expressed through tragic drama. Moran also looks at Brecht's reworking of Synge's drama in the 1937 play Señora Carrar's Rifles, and situates Brecht's script in the light of the theatre practitioner's broader ideas about tragedy. Brecht's tragic thinking - informed by Hegel and Marx - is contrasted with the Schopenhauerian approach of Samuel Beckett. The volume goes on to examine theatre makers whose ideas were partly motivated by applying an understanding of the tragic narrative of Synge's Riders to the Sea to postcolonial contexts. Looking at Derek Walcott's The Sea at Dauphin (1954), and J.P. Clark's The Goat (1961), Modern Tragedy explores how tragedy, a form that is often associated with regressive assumptions about hegemony, might be rethought, and how aspects of the tragic may coincide with the experiences and concerns of authors and audiences of colour.
What distinguishes modern tragedy from other forms of drama? How does it relate to contemporary political and social conditions? To what ends have artists employed the tragic form in different locations during the 20th century?

Partly motivated by the urgency of our current situation in an age of ecocidal crisis, Modern Tragedy encompasses a variety of drama from throughout the 20th century. James Moran begins this book with John Millington Synge's Riders to the Sea (1904), which shows how environmental awareness might be expressed through tragic drama. Moran also looks at Brecht's reworking of Synge's drama in the 1937 play Señora Carrar's Rifles, and situates Brecht's script in the light of the theatre practitioner's broader ideas about tragedy. Brecht's tragic thinking - informed by Hegel and Marx - is contrasted with the Schopenhauerian approach of Samuel Beckett. The volume goes on to examine theatre makers whose ideas were partly motivated by applying an understanding of the tragic narrative of Synge's Riders to the Sea to postcolonial contexts. Looking at Derek Walcott's The Sea at Dauphin (1954), and J.P. Clark's The Goat (1961), Modern Tragedy explores how tragedy, a form that is often associated with regressive assumptions about hegemony, might be rethought, and how aspects of the tragic may coincide with the experiences and concerns of authors and audiences of colour.
Über den Autor
James Moran is Professor of Modern English Literature and Drama at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is the author of Modernists and the Theatre (Methuen Drama, 2022), The Theatre of D.H. Lawrence (Methuen Drama, 2015) and The Theatre of Sean O'Casey (Methuen Drama, 2013).
Zusammenfassung
Provides a short, accessible but authoritative treatment that will have appeal across a range of theatre and literature courses
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Series Preface
Acknowledgments

Introduction: Does Modern Tragedy Exist?

1. From 1904: Synge and the Nature Elegy

2. From 1937: Brecht and Political Engagement

3. From 1954: Walcott, Clark and the Postcolonial

Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 192
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781350139770
ISBN-10: 1350139777
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 474668
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Moran, James
Redaktion: Shepherd, Simon
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Academic
Maße: 197 x 131 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: James Moran
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.02.2023
Gewicht: 0,21 kg
preigu-id: 122976815
Über den Autor
James Moran is Professor of Modern English Literature and Drama at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is the author of Modernists and the Theatre (Methuen Drama, 2022), The Theatre of D.H. Lawrence (Methuen Drama, 2015) and The Theatre of Sean O'Casey (Methuen Drama, 2013).
Zusammenfassung
Provides a short, accessible but authoritative treatment that will have appeal across a range of theatre and literature courses
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Series Preface
Acknowledgments

Introduction: Does Modern Tragedy Exist?

1. From 1904: Synge and the Nature Elegy

2. From 1937: Brecht and Political Engagement

3. From 1954: Walcott, Clark and the Postcolonial

Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 192
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781350139770
ISBN-10: 1350139777
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 474668
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Moran, James
Redaktion: Shepherd, Simon
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Academic
Maße: 197 x 131 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: James Moran
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.02.2023
Gewicht: 0,21 kg
preigu-id: 122976815
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