| Comparative Criticism: Volume 14, Knowledge and Performance Contributor(s): Shaffer, E. S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521431042 ISBN-13: 9780521431040 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $137.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1992 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 809 |
| Series: Comparative Criticism |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.37 lbs) 308 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Performance models have received increasing attention in the theoretical move towards open texts. Conceptions of open, reader-based or audience-based texts have paralleled the questioning of rational, authority-driven modes of knowledge. Literary theory's stress on performance leads back, paradoxically, to the exploration of practical knowledge. This volume contains the annual bibliography of comparative literature for the year 1989. It contains numerous intriguing articles. Michael Robinson's leading article examines the mutually defining properties of (female) gender and performance in the nineteenth century, whilst Drew Milne examines the challenge to Aristotle's theory of tragedy made by Augusto Boal's 'Theatre of the Oppressed' in Latin America. A rich variety of performance media and genres is presented in this volume. The important Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov is being performed again in new productions in Russia; Lesley Milne reports on The White Guard in Moscow and Kiev, and Patrick Miles translates the previously censored scenes of the play. |