Rethinking the Theatre of the Absurd: Ecology, the Environment and the Greening of the Modern Stage (Methuen Drama Engage) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1472506677 ISBN 13: 9781472506672

Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL, 2015

Über diesen Titel

Críticas

A landmark study in second wave ecocriticism, Rethinking the Theatre of the Absurd excavates the non-anthropocentric aesthetics of classic absurdist theatre. It also convincingly suggests absurdism's foundational relevance to contemporary notions of ecological theatre ... The insightful analyses of this volume of essays reposition absurdism as a deconstruction of the systems of thought and (dramatic) subjectivity that undergird our anti-ecological behaviors ... This book will be of special interest to those who study absurdism, but it will appeal to anyone who has ever questioned the boundaries inscribed between mind and nature, social reality and the greater environment. * Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism *

Reseña del editor

Rethinking the Theatre of the Absurd is an innovative collection of essays, written by leading scholars in the fields of theatre, performance and eco-criticism, which reconfigures absurdist theatre through the optics of ecology and environment. As well as offering strikingly new interpretations of the work of canonical playwrights such as Beckett, Genet, Ionesco, Adamov, Albee, Kafka, Pinter, Shepard and Churchill, the book playfully mimics the structure of Martin Esslin's classic text The Theatre of the Absurd, which is commonly recognised as one of the most important scholarly publications of the 20th century. By reading absurdist drama, for the first time, as an emergent form of ecological theatre, Rethinking the Theatre of the Absurd interrogates afresh the very meaning of absurdism for 21st-century audiences, while at the same time making a significant contribution to the development of theatre and performance studies as a whole.

The collection's interdisciplinary approach, accessibility, and ecological focus will appeal to students and academics in a number of different fields, including theatre, performance, English, French, geography and philosophy. It will also have a major impact on the new cross disciplinary paradigm of eco-criticism.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1472506677
• ISBN 13: 9781472506672
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 324
• Herausgeber: Lavery Carl