Transcultural Aesthetics in the Plays of Gao Xingjian

T. Coulter (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

135 Seiten

2014 | 1st ed. 2014
Palgrave Pivot (Verlag)
978-1-349-49510-8 (ISBN)

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Gao Xingjian has been lauded for his inventive use of Chinese culture in his paintings, plays, and cinema, however he denies that his current work participates in any notion of Chinese. This book traces the development of these forms and how the relate and interact in the French language plays of the Nobel Laureate.

Todd Coulter is Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance at Colby College, USA.

Introduction: International Recognition and Confusion 1. Reactive Theatre 2. Physical Division: Jingju and Performance Theory 3. The Actor in Thirds: Gao's Theory of Performance 4. An Individual in the Void: Au bord de la vie 5. An Individual in Company: Quatre quatuours pour un week-end 6. An Individual in Night: Ballade Nocturne and Gao's Philosophical Woman Conclusion: The Obligation of Creation

Erscheinungsdatum	11.08.2016
Zusatzinfo	2 Illustrations, black and white; VIII, 135 p. 2 illus.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	1903 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Schlagworte	Aesthetics • French plays • Gao Xingjian • Identity • Nobel prize • Performance • Transcultural(ism)
ISBN-10	1-349-49510-7 / 1349495107
ISBN-13	978-1-349-49510-8 / 9781349495108
Zustand	Neuware